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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, "Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: [ 25/44] random: use the arch-specific rng in xfer_secondary_pool
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:02:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120813220144.347219200@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120813220142.113186818@linuxfoundation.org>

From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

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 |   25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@
 #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
 		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 en
  */
 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 e
 		/* 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);
 }
 
 /*



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-13 22:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-13 22:02 [ 00/44] 3.0.41-stable review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 01/44] [IA64] Redefine ATOMIC_INIT and ATOMIC64_INIT to drop the casts Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 02/44] SUNRPC: return negative value in case rpcbind client creation error Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 03/44] nilfs2: fix deadlock issue between chcp and thaw ioctls Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 04/44] pcdp: use early_ioremap/early_iounmap to access pcdp table Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 05/44] mm: fix wrong argument of migrate_huge_pages() in soft_offline_huge_page() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 06/44] ARM: 7467/1: mutex: use generic xchg-based implementation for ARMv6+ Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-15 14:02   ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 07/44] ARM: 7477/1: vfp: Always save VFP state in vfp_pm_suspend on UP Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-14 20:01   ` Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
2012-08-15 14:05     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-15 14:50       ` Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 08/44] ARM: 7478/1: errata: extend workaround for erratum #720789 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 09/44] ARM: 7479/1: mm: avoid NULL dereference when flushing gate_vma with VIVT caches Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 10/44] ALSA: hda - remove quirk for Dell Vostro 1015 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-14  5:17   ` David Henningsson
2012-08-14  5:43     ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-15 14:03     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 11/44] mm: mmu_notifier: fix freed page still mapped in secondary MMU Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 12/44] mac80211: cancel mesh path timer Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 13/44] x86, nops: Missing break resulting in incorrect selection on Intel Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 14/44] random: Add support for architectural random hooks Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 15/44] fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 16/44] random: Use arch_get_random_int instead of cycle counter if avail Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 17/44] random: Use arch-specific RNG to initialize the entropy store Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 18/44] random: Adjust the number of loops when initializing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 19/44] drivers/char/random.c: fix boot id uniqueness race Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 20/44] random: make add_interrupt_randomness() do something sane Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 21/44] random: use lockless techniques in the interrupt path Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 22/44] random: create add_device_randomness() interface Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 23/44] usb: feed USB device information to the /dev/random driver Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 24/44] net: feed /dev/random with the MAC address when registering a device Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 26/44] random: add new get_random_bytes_arch() function Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 27/44] random: add tracepoints for easier debugging and verification Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 28/44] MAINTAINERS: Theodore Tso is taking over the random driver Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 29/44] rtc: wm831x: Feed the write counter into device_add_randomness() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 30/44] mfd: wm831x: Feed the device UUID " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 31/44] random: remove rand_initialize_irq() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 32/44] random: Add comment to random_initialize() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 33/44] dmi: Feed DMI table to /dev/random driver Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 34/44] random: mix in architectural randomness in extract_buf() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 35/44] x86, microcode: microcode_core.c simple_strtoul cleanup Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 36/44] x86, microcode: Sanitize per-cpu microcode reloading interface Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-15  0:26   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-15 14:06     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-15 16:30       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-15 18:26         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 37/44] mm: hugetlbfs: close race during teardown of hugetlbfs shared page tables Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 38/44] ARM: mxs: Remove MMAP_MIN_ADDR setting from mxs_defconfig Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 39/44] ARM: pxa: remove irq_to_gpio from ezx-pcap driver Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 40/44] cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 41/44] cfg80211: fix interface combinations check for ADHOC(IBSS) Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 42/44] e1000e: NIC goes up and immediately goes down Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 43/44] Input: wacom - Bamboo One 1024 pressure fix Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-08-13 22:02 ` [ 44/44] rt61pci: fix NULL pointer dereference in config_lna_gain Greg Kroah-Hartman

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