This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled random: move initialization out of reseeding hot path to the 5.18-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: random-move-initialization-out-of-reseeding-hot-path.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.18 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Thu May 26 04:17:01 PM CEST 2022 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 13:53:24 +0200 Subject: random: move initialization out of reseeding hot path From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> commit 68c9c8b192c6dae9be6278e98ee44029d5da2d31 upstream. Initialization happens once -- by way of credit_init_bits() -- and then it never happens again. Therefore, it doesn't need to be in crng_reseed(), which is a hot path that is called multiple times. It also doesn't make sense to have there, as initialization activity is better associated with initialization routines. After the prior commit, crng_reseed() now won't be called by multiple concurrent callers, which means that we can safely move the "finialize_init" logic into crng_init_bits() unconditionally. Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ static void crng_reseed(void) unsigned long flags; unsigned long next_gen; u8 key[CHACHA_KEY_SIZE]; - bool finalize_init = false; extract_entropy(key, sizeof(key)); @@ -281,28 +280,10 @@ static void crng_reseed(void) ++next_gen; WRITE_ONCE(base_crng.generation, next_gen); WRITE_ONCE(base_crng.birth, jiffies); - if (!crng_ready()) { + if (!crng_ready()) crng_init = CRNG_READY; - finalize_init = true; - } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base_crng.lock, flags); memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(key)); - if (finalize_init) { - process_random_ready_list(); - wake_up_interruptible(&crng_init_wait); - kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN); - pr_notice("crng init done\n"); - if (unseeded_warning.missed) { - pr_notice("%d get_random_xx warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n", - unseeded_warning.missed); - unseeded_warning.missed = 0; - } - if (urandom_warning.missed) { - pr_notice("%d urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n", - urandom_warning.missed); - urandom_warning.missed = 0; - } - } } /* @@ -834,10 +815,25 @@ static void credit_init_bits(size_t nbit new = min_t(unsigned int, POOL_BITS, orig + add); } while (cmpxchg(&input_pool.init_bits, orig, new) != orig); - if (orig < POOL_READY_BITS && new >= POOL_READY_BITS) - crng_reseed(); - else if (orig < POOL_EARLY_BITS && new >= POOL_EARLY_BITS) { + if (orig < POOL_READY_BITS && new >= POOL_READY_BITS) { + crng_reseed(); /* Sets crng_init to CRNG_READY under base_crng.lock. */ + process_random_ready_list(); + wake_up_interruptible(&crng_init_wait); + kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN); + pr_notice("crng init done\n"); + if (unseeded_warning.missed) { + pr_notice("%d get_random_xx warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n", + unseeded_warning.missed); + unseeded_warning.missed = 0; + } + if (urandom_warning.missed) { + pr_notice("%d urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting\n", + urandom_warning.missed); + urandom_warning.missed = 0; + } + } else if (orig < POOL_EARLY_BITS && new >= POOL_EARLY_BITS) { spin_lock_irqsave(&base_crng.lock, flags); + /* Check if crng_init is CRNG_EMPTY, to avoid race with crng_reseed(). */ if (crng_init == CRNG_EMPTY) { extract_entropy(base_crng.key, sizeof(base_crng.key)); crng_init = CRNG_EARLY; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from Jason@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.18/random-remove-ratelimiting-for-in-kernel-unseeded-randomness.patch queue-5.18/random-fix-sysctl-documentation-nits.patch queue-5.18/random-help-compiler-out-with-fast_mix-by-using-simpler-arguments.patch queue-5.18/siphash-use-one-source-of-truth-for-siphash-permutations.patch queue-5.18/um-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/random-order-timer-entropy-functions-below-interrupt-functions.patch queue-5.18/random-unify-batched-entropy-implementations.patch queue-5.18/random-make-consistent-use-of-buf-and-len.patch queue-5.18/random-move-randomize_page-into-mm-where-it-belongs.patch queue-5.18/random-use-first-128-bits-of-input-as-fast-init.patch queue-5.18/random-use-proper-return-types-on-get_random_-int-long-_wait.patch queue-5.18/s390-define-get_cycles-macro-for-arch-override.patch queue-5.18/timekeeping-add-raw-clock-fallback-for-random_get_entropy.patch queue-5.18/random-use-static-branch-for-crng_ready.patch queue-5.18/arm-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/mips-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-just-c0-random.patch queue-5.18/random-avoid-initializing-twice-in-credit-race.patch queue-5.18/random-move-initialization-functions-out-of-hot-pages.patch queue-5.18/random-do-not-pretend-to-handle-premature-next-security-model.patch queue-5.18/random-do-not-use-batches-when-crng_ready.patch queue-5.18/m68k-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/random-move-initialization-out-of-reseeding-hot-path.patch queue-5.18/x86-tsc-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/random-credit-architectural-init-the-exact-amount.patch queue-5.18/random-check-for-signals-after-page-of-pool-writes.patch queue-5.18/random-remove-extern-from-functions-in-header.patch queue-5.18/random-do-not-use-input-pool-from-hard-irqs.patch queue-5.18/random-wire-up-fops-splice_-read-write-_iter.patch queue-5.18/random-insist-on-random_get_entropy-existing-in-order-to-simplify.patch queue-5.18/powerpc-define-get_cycles-macro-for-arch-override.patch queue-5.18/parisc-define-get_cycles-macro-for-arch-override.patch queue-5.18/sparc-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/nios2-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/init-call-time_init-before-rand_initialize.patch queue-5.18/riscv-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/ia64-define-get_cycles-macro-for-arch-override.patch queue-5.18/random-handle-latent-entropy-and-command-line-from-random_init.patch queue-5.18/random-use-proper-jiffies-comparison-macro.patch queue-5.18/alpha-define-get_cycles-macro-for-arch-override.patch queue-5.18/random-convert-to-using-fops-read_iter.patch queue-5.18/xtensa-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.patch queue-5.18/random-use-symbolic-constants-for-crng_init-states.patch queue-5.18/random-convert-to-using-fops-write_iter.patch