From: David Yang <mmyangfl@gmail.com>
To: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David Yang" <mmyangfl@gmail.com>,
"Olivia Mackall" <olivia@selenic.com>,
"Herbert Xu" <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"Takashi Sakamoto" <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)"
<u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>,
"Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] hwrng: histb: wait for a batch of words
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 12:13:59 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103041403.4071708-2-mmyangfl@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103041403.4071708-1-mmyangfl@gmail.com>
The old figures were per-word, taken from a streaming average: ~16ms at
depth 255 is one word out of a batch every ~64ms, and ~1ms at depth 1 is
the 1ms poll granularity of the read path. The device fills the FIFO
with 4 words in one go, every ~200us per unit of post-process depth, so
at the depth of 144 this driver programs a batch lands every ~30ms and
an empty queue waits that long for a single word. The 30ms per-word
timeout falls inside that, so wait 500ms instead, which also covers the
restart after rewriting the control word.
Fixes: a2216e187471 ("crypto: hisilicon/trng - add support for HiSTB TRNG")
Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/hw_random/histb-rng.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/histb-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/histb-rng.c
index 445b80beed62..d435d4ab9aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/histb-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/histb-rng.c
@@ -26,16 +26,21 @@ struct histb_rng_priv {
};
/*
- * Observed:
- * depth = 1 -> ~1ms
- * depth = 255 -> ~16ms
+ * Observed: the FIFO fills with 4 words at a time, roughly every 200us per
+ * unit of post-process depth, i.e. one batch per:
+ * depth = 144 -> ~30ms
+ * depth = 255 -> ~52ms
+ * Rewriting the control word delays the first batch by up to 300ms.
*/
+#define BATCH_TIMEOUT_US (500 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
+
static int histb_rng_wait(void __iomem *base)
{
u32 val;
return readl_relaxed_poll_timeout(base + RNG_STAT, val,
- val & DATA_COUNT, 1000, 30 * 1000);
+ val & DATA_COUNT, 1000,
+ BATCH_TIMEOUT_US);
}
static void histb_rng_init(void __iomem *base, unsigned int depth)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 4:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 4:13 [PATCH 0/2] hwrng: histb: fix the FIFO batch timeout David Yang
2026-11-03 4:13 ` David Yang [this message]
2026-11-03 4:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] hwrng: histb: use device messages David Yang
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