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Donenfeld" Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 02:31:39 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] hw_random: use add_hwgenerator_randomness() for early entropy To: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 9:44 PM Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > > Rather than calling add_device_randomness(), the add_early_randomness() > function should use add_hwgenerator_randomness(), so that the early > entropy can be potentially credited, which allows for the RNG to > initialize earlier without having to wait for the kthread to come up. > > Cc: Herbert Xu > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > index cc002b0c2f0c..8c0819ce2781 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > @@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng) > mutex_lock(&reading_mutex); > bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, rng_fillbuf, 32, 0); > mutex_unlock(&reading_mutex); > - if (bytes_read > 0) > - add_device_randomness(rng_fillbuf, bytes_read); > + if (bytes_read > 0) { > + size_t entropy = bytes_read * 8 * rng->quality / 1024; > + add_hwgenerator_randomness(rng_fillbuf, bytes_read, entropy); > + } This will cause problems, because add_hwgenerator_randomness() will sleep. I'll look into a more robust change. Jason