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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/af_inet.c8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 6a1100c25a9f..f581f77d1097 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -227,18 +227,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_ehash_secret);
/*
* inet_ehash_secret must be set exactly once
- * Instead of using a dedicated spinlock, we (ab)use inetsw_lock
*/
void build_ehash_secret(void)
{
u32 rnd;
+
do {
get_random_bytes(&rnd, sizeof(rnd));
} while (rnd == 0);
- spin_lock_bh(&inetsw_lock);
- if (!inet_ehash_secret)
- inet_ehash_secret = rnd;
- spin_unlock_bh(&inetsw_lock);
+
+ cmpxchg(&inet_ehash_secret, 0, rnd);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_ehash_secret);