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diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c
index d1830fade915..52280d5526be 100644
--- a/lib/random32.c
+++ b/lib/random32.c
@@ -77,6 +77,55 @@ u32 prandom_u32(void)
77} 77}
78EXPORT_SYMBOL(prandom_u32); 78EXPORT_SYMBOL(prandom_u32);
79 79
80/*
81 * prandom_bytes_state - get the requested number of pseudo-random bytes
82 *
83 * @state: pointer to state structure holding seeded state.
84 * @buf: where to copy the pseudo-random bytes to
85 * @bytes: the requested number of bytes
86 *
87 * This is used for pseudo-randomness with no outside seeding.
88 * For more random results, use prandom_bytes().
89 */
90void prandom_bytes_state(struct rnd_state *state, void *buf, int bytes)
91{
92 unsigned char *p = buf;
93 int i;
94
95 for (i = 0; i < round_down(bytes, sizeof(u32)); i += sizeof(u32)) {
96 u32 random = prandom_u32_state(state);
97 int j;
98
99 for (j = 0; j < sizeof(u32); j++) {
100 p[i + j] = random;
101 random >>= BITS_PER_BYTE;
102 }
103 }
104 if (i < bytes) {
105 u32 random = prandom_u32_state(state);
106
107 for (; i < bytes; i++) {
108 p[i] = random;
109 random >>= BITS_PER_BYTE;
110 }
111 }
112}
113EXPORT_SYMBOL(prandom_bytes_state);
114
115/**
116 * prandom_bytes - get the requested number of pseudo-random bytes
117 * @buf: where to copy the pseudo-random bytes to
118 * @bytes: the requested number of bytes
119 */
120void prandom_bytes(void *buf, int bytes)
121{
122 struct rnd_state *state = &get_cpu_var(net_rand_state);
123
124 prandom_bytes_state(state, buf, bytes);
125 put_cpu_var(state);
126}
127EXPORT_SYMBOL(prandom_bytes);
128
80/** 129/**
81 * prandom_seed - add entropy to pseudo random number generator 130 * prandom_seed - add entropy to pseudo random number generator
82 * @seed: seed value 131 * @seed: seed value