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From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com>
To: "Stephan Müller" <smueller@chronox.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
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	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
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	"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
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	Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
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	Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>,
	"Peter, Matthias" <matthias.peter@bsi.bund.de>,
	Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri@canonical.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v24 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:51:19 +0800
Message-ID: <CACXcFmkBQAZd4bSfQvqeCsoTjMr0-uSjKciD6y9EkMN3c9ppJw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2369119.jSEA3qhmGI@positron.chronox.de>

Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de> wrote:

> In an effort to provide a flexible implementation for a random number
> generator that also ...

As usual, some of your proposals make considerable sense to me &
others do not, at least on first reading. I may have more comments
after reflecting some.

Meanwhile, a couple of things jump out at me:

>  (a) When an interrupt occurs, the high-resolution time stamp is mixed
> into the LFSR. ...
>
>  (b) HID event data like the key stroke or the mouse coordinates are
> mixed into the LFSR. ...
>
>  (c) Device drivers may provide data that is mixed into the LFSR. ...

Why into the LFSR instead of into the entropy pool?

> The LRNG allows the TRNG and secondary DRNG mechanism to be changed
> at runtime.

Why? This strikes me as pointless complication.

> * high performance of interrupt handling code: The LRNG impact on the
> interrupt handling has been reduced to a minimum. On one example
> system, the LRNG interrupt handling code executes within an average
> of 65 cycles whereas the existing /dev/random on the same device
> takes about 97 cycles when measuring the execution time of
> add_interrupt_randomness().

Assuming you do this without sacrificing the input mixing, this
would be worth submitting as a separate patch. Saving cycles
on every interrupt definitely looks worth doing.

> * lockless LFSR to collect raw entropy

This too.

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Thread overview: 162+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-11 18:17 [PATCH v24 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B compliance Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:18 ` [PATCH v24 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 23:54   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-12  2:25     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 10:16       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-12 22:30   ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-12 23:15     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13  0:14   ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-13  0:25     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-24  4:51   ` Sandy Harris [this message]
2019-11-24  9:02     ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-11 18:19 ` [PATCH v24 02/12] LRNG - allocate one SDRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:20 ` [PATCH v24 03/12] LRNG - /proc interface Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:20 ` [PATCH v24 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v24 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v24 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:22 ` [PATCH v24 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:23 ` [PATCH v24 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:23 ` [PATCH v24 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:24 ` [PATCH v24 10/12] LRNG - add TRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:26 ` [PATCH v24 11/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 19:58   ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-12 23:11     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13  0:36     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13  6:02       ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-14  1:46         ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:26 ` [PATCH v24 12/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 20:55   ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-12 23:13     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 13:23 ` [PATCH v24 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B compliance Florian Weimer
2019-11-12 22:43   ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 15:33 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-12 23:03   ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 23:26     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13  4:24   ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13  4:48     ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-13 12:16       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:32 ` [PATCH v25 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:33   ` [PATCH v25 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 11:25     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-17 10:30       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 18:13     ` Nicolai Stange
2019-11-17 11:01       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:33   ` [PATCH v25 02/12] LRNG - allocate one SDRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:34   ` [PATCH v25 03/12] LRNG - /proc interface Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 16:39     ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-17 12:16       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-19 10:06         ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-19 10:55           ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-19 17:40             ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-16 23:36     ` Eric W. Biederman
2019-11-17 11:37       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:34   ` [PATCH v25 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:35   ` [PATCH v25 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:35   ` [PATCH v25 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:35   ` [PATCH v25 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:36   ` [PATCH v25 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:36   ` [PATCH v25 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2019-11-20 13:33     ` Neil Horman
2019-11-20 20:07       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-21 14:19         ` Neil Horman
2019-11-21 14:33           ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-16  9:37   ` [PATCH v25 10/12] LRNG - add TRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 16:09     ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-17 11:10       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-19 10:07         ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-19 10:46           ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-19 12:41           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-11-20  8:58             ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-20  9:55               ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-20 13:29               ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-11-20 19:51                 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-20 19:57                   ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-20 20:32                   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-11-21 13:06                     ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:37   ` [PATCH v25 11/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2019-11-16  9:38   ` [PATCH v25 12/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 16:51     ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-17 22:55       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-19 10:04         ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-19 17:17     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-11-20  9:01       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-21 12:18     ` Nicolai Stange
2019-11-21 15:18       ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:08   ` [PATCH v26 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:10     ` [PATCH v26 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2019-11-24 22:44       ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-25  6:29         ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-23 20:10     ` [PATCH v26 02/12] LRNG - allocate one SDRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:11     ` [PATCH v26 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:11     ` [PATCH v26 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:31     ` [PATCH v26 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:32     ` [PATCH v26 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:32     ` [PATCH v26 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:33     ` [PATCH v26 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:34     ` [PATCH v26 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:34     ` [PATCH v26 10/12] LRNG - add TRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:34     ` [PATCH v26 11/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:35     ` [PATCH v26 12/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:29     ` [PATCH v27 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:30       ` [PATCH v27 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2020-01-16  6:09         ` kbuild test robot
2020-01-16  6:41           ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-09  8:31       ` [PATCH v27 02/12] LRNG - allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:31       ` [PATCH v27 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:32       ` [PATCH v27 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2020-01-11  7:09         ` kbuild test robot
2020-01-12 10:12           ` Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:32       ` [PATCH v27 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:32       ` [PATCH v27 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:33       ` [PATCH v27 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:33       ` [PATCH v27 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:34       ` [PATCH v27 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2020-01-10  0:24         ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-10  7:45           ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-09  8:34       ` [PATCH v27 10/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-10  0:20         ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-10  8:27           ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-09  8:35       ` [PATCH v27 11/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-09  8:35       ` [PATCH v27 12/12] LRNG - add power-on and runtime self-tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-10  0:22         ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-10  7:48           ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-13 10:39         ` Dan Carpenter
2020-01-13 10:46           ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:31       ` [PATCH v28 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:31         ` [PATCH v28 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2020-01-16  0:11           ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16  7:22             ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:32         ` [PATCH v28 02/12] LRNG - allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:32         ` [PATCH v28 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:32         ` [PATCH v28 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:33         ` [PATCH v28 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:33         ` [PATCH v28 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-16  0:14           ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16  6:55             ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:34         ` [PATCH v28 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-16  0:15           ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16  6:54             ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:34         ` [PATCH v28 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:34         ` [PATCH v28 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2020-01-16  0:17           ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16  6:51             ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:35         ` [PATCH v28 10/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:35         ` [PATCH v28 11/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-16  0:18           ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16  6:43             ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-16  6:48               ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16  6:52                 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:36         ` [PATCH v28 12/12] LRNG - add power-on and runtime self-tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:12         ` [PATCH v29 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:13           ` [PATCH v29 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:13           ` [PATCH v29 02/12] LRNG - allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:14           ` [PATCH v29 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:14           ` [PATCH v29 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:15           ` [PATCH v29 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:16           ` [PATCH v29 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:16           ` [PATCH v29 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:17           ` [PATCH v29 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:18           ` [PATCH v29 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:18           ` [PATCH v29 10/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:19           ` [PATCH v29 11/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:20           ` [PATCH v29 12/12] LRNG - add power-on and runtime self-tests Stephan Müller

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