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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: [PATCH v2 09/10] random: group sysctl functions
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 13:23:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220212122318.623435-10-Jason@zx2c4.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220212122318.623435-1-Jason@zx2c4.com>

This pulls all of the sysctl-focused functions into the sixth labeled
section.

No functional changes.

Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b2af2dc96d20..a32176a46691 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1678,9 +1678,34 @@ const struct file_operations urandom_fops = {
 	.llseek = noop_llseek,
 };
 
+
 /********************************************************************
  *
- * Sysctl interface
+ * Sysctl interface.
+ *
+ * These are partly unused legacy knobs with dummy values to not break
+ * userspace and partly still useful things. They are usually accessible
+ * in /proc/sys/kernel/random/ and are as follows:
+ *
+ * - boot_id - a UUID representing the current boot.
+ *
+ * - uuid - a random UUID, different each time the file is read.
+ *
+ * - poolsize - the number of bits of entropy that the input pool can
+ *   hold, tied to the POOL_BITS constant.
+ *
+ * - entropy_avail - the number of bits of entropy currently in the
+ *   input pool. Always <= poolsize.
+ *
+ * - write_wakeup_threshold - the amount of entropy in the input pool
+ *   below which write polls to /dev/random will unblock, requesting
+ *   more entropy, tied to the POOL_MIN_BITS constant. It is writable
+ *   to avoid breaking old userspaces, but writing to it does not
+ *   change any behavior of the RNG.
+ *
+ * - urandom_min_reseed_secs - fixed to the meaningless value "60".
+ *   It is writable to avoid breaking old userspaces, but writing
+ *   to it does not change any behavior of the RNG.
  *
  ********************************************************************/
 
@@ -1688,8 +1713,8 @@ const struct file_operations urandom_fops = {
 
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
-static int random_min_urandom_seed = 60;
-static int random_write_wakeup_bits = POOL_MIN_BITS;
+static int sysctl_random_min_urandom_seed = 60;
+static int sysctl_random_write_wakeup_bits = POOL_MIN_BITS;
 static int sysctl_poolsize = POOL_BITS;
 static char sysctl_bootid[16];
 
@@ -1746,14 +1771,14 @@ static struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "write_wakeup_threshold",
-		.data		= &random_write_wakeup_bits,
+		.data		= &sysctl_random_write_wakeup_bits,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "urandom_min_reseed_secs",
-		.data		= &random_min_urandom_seed,
+		.data		= &sysctl_random_min_urandom_seed,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
@@ -1784,4 +1809,4 @@ static int __init random_sysctls_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 device_initcall(random_sysctls_init);
-#endif	/* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+#endif
-- 
2.35.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-12 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-12 12:23 [PATCH v2 00/10] random: re-group and re-document functions Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] random: introduce drain_entropy() helper to declutter crng_reseed() Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  4:34   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-21 14:49     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 14:49       ` [PATCH v3] " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 19:19         ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] random: remove useless header comment Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  4:34   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] random: remove whitespace and reorder includes Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  4:35   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] random: group initialization wait functions Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-13  6:54   ` Dominik Brodowski
2022-02-13 13:11     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  4:49   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-21 15:10     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 15:14       ` [PATCH v3] " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 19:20         ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] random: group crng functions Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-13  6:54   ` Dominik Brodowski
2022-02-13 13:14     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  5:00   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] random: group entropy extraction functions Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  5:05   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] random: group entropy collection functions Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-13  6:54   ` Dominik Brodowski
2022-02-13 13:16     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  5:13   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-21 15:17     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 15:18       ` [PATCH v3] " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 19:23         ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] random: group userspace read/write functions Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  5:16   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-12 12:23 ` Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
2022-02-21  5:21   ` [PATCH v2 09/10] random: group sysctl functions Eric Biggers
2022-02-21 15:27     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21 15:39       ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-12 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] random: rewrite header introductory comment Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-02-21  5:26   ` Eric Biggers
2022-02-13  6:55 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] random: re-group and re-document functions Dominik Brodowski
2022-02-13 13:07   ` Jason A. Donenfeld

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