From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A0AC433EF for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231601AbiAYUTl (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:19:41 -0500 Received: from isilmar-4.linta.de ([136.243.71.142]:36424 "EHLO isilmar-4.linta.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229453AbiAYUTi (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:19:38 -0500 X-isilmar-external: YES X-isilmar-external: YES X-isilmar-external: YES X-isilmar-external: YES Received: from owl.dominikbrodowski.net (owl.brodo.linta [10.2.0.111]) by isilmar-4.linta.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8855A201356; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:19:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by owl.dominikbrodowski.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7DBAB804CB; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:16:47 +0100 (CET) From: Dominik Brodowski To: "Jason A . Donenfeld" , Herbert Xu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] random: continually use hwgenerator randomness Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:14:57 +0100 Message-Id: <20220125201457.77292-1-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The rngd kernel thread may sleep indefinitely if the entropy count is kept above random_write_wakeup_bits by other entropy sources. To make best use of multiple sources of randomness, mix entropy from hardware RNGs into the pool at least once within CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL. Cc: Herbert Xu Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski --- drivers/char/random.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 68613f0b6887..3e133d9583a0 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -2205,13 +2205,15 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count, return; } - /* Suspend writing if we're above the trickle threshold. + /* Throttle writing if we're above the trickle threshold. * We'll be woken up again once below random_write_wakeup_thresh, - * or when the calling thread is about to terminate. + * when the calling thread is about to terminate, or once + * CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL has lapsed. */ - wait_event_interruptible(random_write_wait, + wait_event_interruptible_timeout(random_write_wait, !system_wq || kthread_should_stop() || - POOL_ENTROPY_BITS() <= random_write_wakeup_bits); + POOL_ENTROPY_BITS() <= random_write_wakeup_bits, + CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL); mix_pool_bytes(buffer, count); credit_entropy_bits(entropy); } -- 2.34.1