Hi Harald,
> Here is an updated version with just showing 0 or 1 in the new sysfs
> attribute file:
> ========== cut ==========
> From: Harald Freudenberger <freude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 10:19:22 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] crypto: hwrng add sysfs attribute to show user selected
> rng
>
> This patch introduces a new sysfs attribute file 'rng_selected'
> which shows if the current rng has been chosen by userspace.
>
> If a rng source is chosen by user via echo some valid string
> to rng_current there should be a way to signal this choice to
> userspace. The new attribute file 'rng_selected' shows '1' for
> user selecte rng and '0' otherwise.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harald Freudenberger <freude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index ffd4e36..2b4c7f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
> #define RNG_MODULE_NAME "hw_random"
>
> static struct hwrng *current_rng;
> -/* the current rng has been explicitly chosen by user via sysfs */
> -static int cur_rng_set_by_user;
> +/* the rng explicitly selected by user via sysfs */
> +static struct hwrng *selected_rng;
> static struct task_struct *hwrng_fill;
> /* list of registered rngs, sorted decending by quality */
> static LIST_HEAD(rng_list);
> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev,
> list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) {
> if (sysfs_streq(rng->name, buf)) {
> err = 0;
> - cur_rng_set_by_user = 1;
> + selected_rng = rng;
> if (rng != current_rng)
> err = set_current_rng(rng);
> break;
> @@ -355,16 +355,27 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev,
> return strlen(buf);
> }
>
> +static ssize_t hwrng_attr_selected_show(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", selected_rng ? 1 : 0);
> +}
> +
> static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_current, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
> hwrng_attr_current_show,
> hwrng_attr_current_store);
> static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_available, S_IRUGO,
> hwrng_attr_available_show,
> NULL);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_selected, S_IRUGO,
> + hwrng_attr_selected_show,
> + NULL);
>
> static struct attribute *rng_dev_attrs[] = {
> &dev_attr_rng_current.attr,
> &dev_attr_rng_available.attr,
> + &dev_attr_rng_selected.attr,
> NULL
> };
>
> @@ -448,7 +459,7 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
> old_rng = current_rng;
> err = 0;
> if (!old_rng ||
> - (!cur_rng_set_by_user && rng->quality > old_rng->quality)) {
> + (!selected_rng && rng->quality > old_rng->quality)) {
> /*
> * Set new rng as current as the new rng source
> * provides better entropy quality and was not
> @@ -484,7 +495,7 @@ void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng)
> list_del(&rng->list);
> if (current_rng == rng) {
> drop_current_rng();
> - cur_rng_set_by_user = 0;
> + selected_rng = NULL;
> /* rng_list is sorted by quality, use the best (=first) one */
> if (!list_empty(&rng_list)) {
> struct hwrng *new_rng;
> --
> 2.7.4
> ========== cut ==========
>
Nice to see quick turn around time. Why not just use the
cur_rng_set_by_user instead of selected_rng? This way patch 3 won't
change things that patch 2 introduced and patch 3 will become much
smaller. Also I feel folding patch 3 and 2 will make sense as both are
related to user selected rng.
Regards,
PrasannaKumar
