Commit 5f2d9c44 authored by David Howells's avatar David Howells
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rxrpc: Randomise epoch and starting client conn ID values



Create a random epoch value rather than a time-based one on startup and set
the top bit to indicate that this is the case.

Also create a random starting client connection ID value.  This will be
incremented from here as new client connections are created.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
parent af338a9e
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@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ typedef __be32 rxrpc_serial_net_t; /* on-the-wire Rx message serial number */
 */
struct rxrpc_wire_header {
	__be32		epoch;		/* client boot timestamp */
#define RXRPC_RANDOM_EPOCH	0x80000000	/* Random if set, date-based if not */

	__be32		cid;		/* connection and channel ID */
#define RXRPC_MAXCALLS		4			/* max active calls per conn */
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@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/net.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/key-type.h>
@@ -700,7 +701,13 @@ static int __init af_rxrpc_init(void)

	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct rxrpc_skb_priv) > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb));

	rxrpc_epoch = get_seconds();
	get_random_bytes(&rxrpc_epoch, sizeof(rxrpc_epoch));
	rxrpc_epoch |= RXRPC_RANDOM_EPOCH;
	get_random_bytes(&rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur,
			 sizeof(rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur));
	rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur &= 0x3fffffff;
	if (rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur == 0)
		rxrpc_client_conn_ids.cur = 1;

	ret = -ENOMEM;
	rxrpc_call_jar = kmem_cache_create(