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From: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
To: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	<stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2 v2] hwrng: Allow drivers to disable reading during probe
Date: Wed,  2 Jul 2014 13:00:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1404306020-24916-1-git-send-email-jason@lakedaemon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1404296679.git.amit.shah@redhat.com>

Commit d9e7972619334 "hwrng: add randomness to system from rng sources"
added a call to rng_get_data() from the hwrng_register() function.
However, some rng devices need initialization before data can be read
from them.

Also, the virtio-rng device does not behave properly when this call is
made in its probe() routine - the virtio core sets the DRIVER_OK status
bit only on a successful probe, which means the host ignores all
communication from the guest, and the guest insmod or boot process just
sits there doing nothing.

[ jac: Modify the API to allow drivers to disable reading at probe, new
patch, copied Amit's commit message. ]

CC: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
CC: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
CC: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.15+
Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 8 +++++---
 include/linux/hw_random.h     | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 334601cc81cf..b7b6c48ca682 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -347,9 +347,11 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rng->list);
 	list_add_tail(&rng->list, &rng_list);
 
-	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, bytes, sizeof(bytes), 1);
-	if (bytes_read > 0)
-		add_device_randomness(bytes, bytes_read);
+	if (!(rng->flags & HWRNG_NO_READ_AT_PROBE)) {
+		bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, bytes, sizeof(bytes), 1);
+		if (bytes_read > 0)
+			add_device_randomness(bytes, bytes_read);
+	}
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
 out:
diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h
index b4b0eef5fddf..5e358c7f3aae 100644
--- a/include/linux/hw_random.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
+#define HWRNG_NO_READ_AT_PROBE	BIT(0)
+
 /**
  * struct hwrng - Hardware Random Number Generator driver
  * @name:		Unique RNG name.
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
  *			Must not be NULL.    *OBSOLETE*
  * @read:		New API. drivers can fill up to max bytes of data
  *			into the buffer. The buffer is aligned for any type.
+ * @flags:              per-device properties
  * @priv:		Private data, for use by the RNG driver.
  */
 struct hwrng {
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ struct hwrng {
 	int (*data_present)(struct hwrng *rng, int wait);
 	int (*data_read)(struct hwrng *rng, u32 *data);
 	int (*read)(struct hwrng *rng, void *data, size_t max, bool wait);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long priv;
 
 	/* internal. */
-- 
2.0.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-07-02 13:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-02 10:28 [PATCH 0/2] hwrng: don't fetch data before device init Amit Shah
2014-07-02 10:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] hwrng: don't fetch rng from sources without init Amit Shah
2014-07-02 11:58   ` Jason Cooper
2014-07-02 12:11     ` Amit Shah
2014-07-02 12:14       ` Jason Cooper
2014-07-02 10:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] virtio: rng: introduce an init fn for hwrng core Amit Shah
2014-07-02 13:00 ` Jason Cooper [this message]
2014-07-02 13:00   ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] hwrng: virtio: disable reading during probe Jason Cooper
2014-07-02 13:26   ` [PATCH 1/2 v2] hwrng: Allow drivers to " Amit Shah
2014-07-02 13:41     ` Jason Cooper
2014-07-02 15:11       ` Kees Cook
2014-07-02 16:02         ` Amit Shah
2014-07-02 15:58       ` Amit Shah

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