This logic is exactly equivalent to the old logic, but it should
be easier to see what it's doing.

The equivalence depends on one fact from outside this function:
when 'r->limit' is false, 'reserved' is zero.  (Well, two facts;
the other is that 'reserved' is never negative.)

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Price <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index fe7ecdd..5dffca8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -988,14 +988,10 @@ retry:
                ibytes = 0;
        } else {
                /* If limited, never pull more than available */
-               if (r->limit && ibytes + reserved >= have_bytes)
-                       ibytes = have_bytes - reserved;
-
-               if (have_bytes >= ibytes + reserved)
-                       entropy_count -= ibytes << (ENTROPY_SHIFT + 3);
-               else
-                       entropy_count = reserved << (ENTROPY_SHIFT + 3);
-
+               if (r->limit)
+                       ibytes = min_t(size_t, ibytes, have_bytes - reserved);
+               entropy_count = max_t(int, 0,
+                           entropy_count - (ibytes << (ENTROPY_SHIFT + 3)));
                if (cmpxchg(&r->entropy_count, orig, entropy_count) != orig)
                        goto retry;
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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