This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/tsc: Use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero 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: x86-tsc-use-fallback-for-random_get_entropy-instead-of-zero.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: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 18:03:13 +0200 Subject: x86/tsc: Use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> commit 3bd4abc07a267e6a8b33d7f8717136e18f921c53 upstream. In the event that random_get_entropy() can't access a cycle counter or similar, falling back to returning 0 is suboptimal. Instead, fallback to calling random_get_entropy_fallback(), which isn't extremely high precision or guaranteed to be entropic, but is certainly better than returning zero all the time. If CONFIG_X86_TSC=n, then it's possible for the kernel to run on systems without RDTSC, such as 486 and certain 586, so the fallback code is only required for that case. As well, fix up both the new function and the get_cycles() function from which it was derived to use cpu_feature_enabled() rather than boot_cpu_has(), and use !IS_ENABLED() instead of #ifndef. Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h | 9 +++++++++ arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h | 7 +++---- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ #include <asm/processor.h> #include <asm/tsc.h> +static inline unsigned long random_get_entropy(void) +{ + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_TSC) && + !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TSC)) + return random_get_entropy_fallback(); + return rdtsc(); +} +#define random_get_entropy random_get_entropy + /* Assume we use the PIT time source for the clock tick */ #define CLOCK_TICK_RATE PIT_TICK_RATE --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h @@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ extern void disable_TSC(void); static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void) { -#ifndef CONFIG_X86_TSC - if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC)) + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_TSC) && + !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TSC)) return 0; -#endif - return rdtsc(); } +#define get_cycles get_cycles extern struct system_counterval_t convert_art_to_tsc(u64 art); extern struct system_counterval_t convert_art_ns_to_tsc(u64 art_ns); 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