Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwrng: msm: add a spinlock and support for blocking reads

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On 6/22/18 12:36 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
Quoting Timur Tabi (2018-06-21 08:17:55)
@@ -96,11 +110,39 @@ static int msm_rng_read(struct hwrng *hwrng, void *data, size_t max, bool wait)
/* read random data from hardware */
         do {
-               val = readl_relaxed(rng->base + PRNG_STATUS);
-               if (!(val & PRNG_STATUS_DATA_AVAIL))
-                       break;
+               spin_lock(&rng->lock);
+
+               /*
+                * First check the status bit.  If 'wait' is true, then wait
+                * up to TIMEOUT microseconds for data to be available.
+                */
+               if (wait) {
+                       int ret;
Please don't do local variables like this. Put them at the top of the
function.

Ok.


+
+                       ret = readl_poll_timeout_atomic(rng->base + PRNG_STATUS,
+                               val, val & PRNG_STATUS_DATA_AVAIL, 0, TIMEOUT);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               /* Timed out */
+                               spin_unlock(&rng->lock);
+                               break;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       val = readl_relaxed(rng->base + PRNG_STATUS);
+                       if (!(val & PRNG_STATUS_DATA_AVAIL)) {
+                               spin_unlock(&rng->lock);
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
val = readl_relaxed(rng->base + PRNG_DATA_OUT);
+               spin_unlock(&rng->lock);
Maybe this should be written as:

		spin_lock()
		if (wait) {
			has_data = readl_poll_timeout_atomic(...) == 0;
		} else {
			val = readl_relaxed(rng->base + PRNG_STATUS);
			has_data = val & PRNG_STATUS_DATA_AVAIL;
		}

		if (has_data)
			val = readl_relaxed(rng->base + PRNG_DATA_OUT);
		spin_unlock();

		if (!has_data)
			break;

That would work, but I don't really see this as better, just different.

+               /*
+                * Zero is technically a valid random number, but it's also
+                * the value returned if the PRNG is not enabled properly.
+                * To avoid accidentally returning all zeros, treat it as
+                * invalid and just return what we've already read.
+                */
                 if (!val)
                         break;
Is this a related change? Looks like a nice comment that isn't related
to locking.

It's slightly related in that the locking is needed to reduce the number of times we read zero from the DATA_OUT register.

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