This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled random: group sysctl functions to the 4.19-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-group-sysctl-functions.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 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 Fri Jun 17 08:58:56 AM CEST 2022 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:53:34 +0100 Subject: random: group sysctl functions From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> commit 0deff3c43206c24e746b1410f11125707ad3040e upstream. This pulls all of the sysctl-focused functions into the sixth labeled section. No functional changes. Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> 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 | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1686,9 +1686,34 @@ const struct file_operations urandom_fop .llseek = noop_llseek, }; + /******************************************************************** * - * Sysctl interface + * Sysctl interface. + * + * These are partly unused legacy knobs with dummy values to not break + * userspace and partly still useful things. They are usually accessible + * in /proc/sys/kernel/random/ and are as follows: + * + * - boot_id - a UUID representing the current boot. + * + * - uuid - a random UUID, different each time the file is read. + * + * - poolsize - the number of bits of entropy that the input pool can + * hold, tied to the POOL_BITS constant. + * + * - entropy_avail - the number of bits of entropy currently in the + * input pool. Always <= poolsize. + * + * - write_wakeup_threshold - the amount of entropy in the input pool + * below which write polls to /dev/random will unblock, requesting + * more entropy, tied to the POOL_MIN_BITS constant. It is writable + * to avoid breaking old userspaces, but writing to it does not + * change any behavior of the RNG. + * + * - urandom_min_reseed_secs - fixed to the meaningless value "60". + * It is writable to avoid breaking old userspaces, but writing + * to it does not change any behavior of the RNG. * ********************************************************************/ @@ -1696,8 +1721,8 @@ const struct file_operations urandom_fop #include <linux/sysctl.h> -static int random_min_urandom_seed = 60; -static int random_write_wakeup_bits = POOL_MIN_BITS; +static int sysctl_random_min_urandom_seed = 60; +static int sysctl_random_write_wakeup_bits = POOL_MIN_BITS; static int sysctl_poolsize = POOL_BITS; static char sysctl_bootid[16]; @@ -1755,14 +1780,14 @@ struct ctl_table random_table[] = { }, { .procname = "write_wakeup_threshold", - .data = &random_write_wakeup_bits, + .data = &sysctl_random_write_wakeup_bits, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, }, { .procname = "urandom_min_reseed_secs", - .data = &random_min_urandom_seed, + .data = &sysctl_random_min_urandom_seed, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from Jason@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.19/random-do-not-take-pool-spinlock-at-boot.patch queue-4.19/random-remove-kernel.random.read_wakeup_threshold.patch queue-4.19/random-simplify-arithmetic-function-flow-in-account.patch queue-4.19/random-order-timer-entropy-functions-below-interrupt-functions.patch queue-4.19/random-introduce-drain_entropy-helper-to-declutter-crng_reseed.patch queue-4.19/random-fix-locking-in-crng_fast_load.patch queue-4.19/random-cleanup-uuid-handling.patch queue-4.19/random-group-userspace-read-write-functions.patch queue-4.19/random-make-credit_entropy_bits-always-safe.patch queue-4.19/latent_entropy-avoid-build-error-when-plugin-cflags-are-not-set.patch queue-4.19/revert-hwrng-core-freeze-khwrng-thread-during-suspend.patch 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