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random: use the arch-specific rng in xfer_secondary_pool
authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:21:01 +0000 (10:21 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:04:13 +0000 (12:04 -0700)
commit e6d4947b12e8ad947add1032dd754803c6004824 upstream.

If the CPU supports a hardware random number generator, use it in
xfer_secondary_pool(), where it will significantly improve things and
where we can afford it.

Also, remove the use of the arch-specific rng in
add_timer_randomness(), since the call is significantly slower than
get_cycles(), and we're much better off using it in
xfer_secondary_pool() anyway.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/char/random.c

index 70dd96469fe59d7b1da7c78afbb6f4a87e3dd78e..3ebc0337a2903f3a72dad454b4d7fde8ad38ac4d 100644 (file)
 #include <linux/cryptohash.h>
 #include <linux/fips.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 # include <linux/irq.h>
@@ -702,11 +703,7 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct timer_rand_state *state, unsigned num)
                goto out;
 
        sample.jiffies = jiffies;
-
-       /* Use arch random value, fall back to cycles */
-       if (!arch_get_random_int(&sample.cycles))
-               sample.cycles = get_cycles();
-
+       sample.cycles = get_cycles();
        sample.num = num;
        mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, &sample, sizeof(sample), NULL);
 
@@ -838,7 +835,11 @@ static ssize_t extract_entropy(struct entropy_store *r, void *buf,
  */
 static void xfer_secondary_pool(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes)
 {
-       __u32 tmp[OUTPUT_POOL_WORDS];
+       union {
+               __u32   tmp[OUTPUT_POOL_WORDS];
+               long    hwrand[4];
+       } u;
+       int     i;
 
        if (r->pull && r->entropy_count < nbytes * 8 &&
            r->entropy_count < r->poolinfo->POOLBITS) {
@@ -849,17 +850,23 @@ static void xfer_secondary_pool(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes)
                /* pull at least as many as BYTES as wakeup BITS */
                bytes = max_t(int, bytes, random_read_wakeup_thresh / 8);
                /* but never more than the buffer size */
-               bytes = min_t(int, bytes, sizeof(tmp));
+               bytes = min_t(int, bytes, sizeof(u.tmp));
 
                DEBUG_ENT("going to reseed %s with %d bits "
                          "(%d of %d requested)\n",
                          r->name, bytes * 8, nbytes * 8, r->entropy_count);
 
-               bytes = extract_entropy(r->pull, tmp, bytes,
+               bytes = extract_entropy(r->pull, u.tmp, bytes,
                                        random_read_wakeup_thresh / 8, rsvd);
-               mix_pool_bytes(r, tmp, bytes, NULL);
+               mix_pool_bytes(r, u.tmp, bytes, NULL);
                credit_entropy_bits(r, bytes*8);
        }
+       kmemcheck_mark_initialized(&u.hwrand, sizeof(u.hwrand));
+       for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+               if (arch_get_random_long(&u.hwrand[i]))
+                       break;
+       if (i)
+               mix_pool_bytes(r, &u.hwrand, sizeof(u.hwrand), 0);
 }
 
 /*