On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:48 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 10:18, Louis Collard <louiscollard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Some systems, for example embedded systems, do not generate > > enough entropy on boot through interrupts, and boot may be blocked for > > several minutes waiting for a call to getrandom to complete. > > > > Currently, random data is read from a hwrng when it is registered, > > and is loaded into primary_crng. This data is treated in the same > > way as data that is device-specific but otherwise unchanging, and > > so primary_crng cannot become initialized with the data from the > > hwrng. > > > > This change causes the data initially read from the hwrng to be > > treated the same as subsequent data that is read from the hwrng if > > it's quality score is non-zero. > > > > The implications of this are: > > > > The data read from hwrng can cause primary_crng to become > > initialized, therefore avoiding problems of getrandom blocking > > on boot. > > > > Calls to getrandom (with GRND_RANDOM) may be using entropy > > exclusively (or in practise, almost exclusively) from the hwrng. > > > > Regarding the latter point; this behavior is the same as if a > > user specified a quality score of 1 (bit of entropy per 1024 bits) > > so hopefully this is not too scary a change to make. > > > > This change is the result of the discussion here: > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10453893/ > > > > Signed-off-by: Louis Collard <louiscollard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 11 +++++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > > index 95be7228f327..7736e1a96321 100644 > > --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > > +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > > #include <linux/sched.h> > > #include <linux/slab.h> > > #include <linux/uaccess.h> > > +#include <crypto/chacha20.h> > > > > #define RNG_MODULE_NAME "hw_random" > > > > @@ -64,13 +65,19 @@ static size_t rng_buffer_size(void) > > static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng) > > { > > int bytes_read; > > - size_t size = min_t(size_t, 16, rng_buffer_size()); > > + /* Read enough to initialize crng. */ > > + size_t size = min_t(size_t, > > + 2*CHACHA20_KEY_SIZE, > > This should be as symbolic constant that retains its meaning even if > we move away from ChaCha20 or modify the current implementation > > > + rng_buffer_size()); > > > > mutex_lock(&reading_mutex); > > bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, rng_buffer, size, 1); > > mutex_unlock(&reading_mutex); > > if (bytes_read > 0) > > - add_device_randomness(rng_buffer, bytes_read); > > + /* Allow crng to become initialized, but do not add > > + * entropy to the pool. > > + */ > > + add_hwgenerator_randomness(rng_buffer, bytes_read, 0); > > } > > > > static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref) > > -- > > 2.13.5 > > Right, this should be [equal to] CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH from random.c - I wasn't sure where/how to pull this out to though..
