[PATCH 3/4] hw_random: use per-rng quality value instead of global setting

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Sun Feb 13 2022 - 15:50:39 EST


The current_quality variable exposed as a module parameter is
fundamentally broken: If it is set at boot time, it is overwritten once
the first hw rng device is loaded; if it is set at runtime, it is
without effect if the hw rng device had its quality value set to 0 (and
no default_quality was set); and if a new rng is selected, it gets
overwritten. Therefore, mark it as obsolete, and replace it by the
per-rng quality setting.

Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 29febf55b0d4..8df102b39b35 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ static unsigned short default_quality; /* = 0; default to "off" */

module_param(current_quality, ushort, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(current_quality,
- "current hwrng entropy estimation per 1024 bits of input");
+ "current hwrng entropy estimation per 1024 bits of input -- obsolete");
module_param(default_quality, ushort, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(default_quality,
"default entropy content of hwrng per 1024 bits of input");

static void drop_current_rng(void);
static int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng);
-static void hwrng_manage_rngd(void);
+static void hwrng_manage_rngd(struct hwrng *rng);

static inline int rng_get_data(struct hwrng *rng, u8 *buffer, size_t size,
int wait);
@@ -160,11 +160,13 @@ static int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng)
reinit_completion(&rng->cleanup_done);

skip_init:
- current_quality = rng->quality ? : default_quality;
- if (current_quality > 1024)
- current_quality = 1024;
+ if (!rng->quality)
+ rng->quality = default_quality;
+ if (rng->quality > 1024)
+ rng->quality = 1024;
+ current_quality = rng->quality; /* obsolete */

- hwrng_manage_rngd();
+ hwrng_manage_rngd(rng);

return 0;
}
@@ -429,19 +431,24 @@ static int hwrng_fillfn(void *unused)
long rc;

while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ unsigned short quality;
struct hwrng *rng;

- if (!current_quality)
- break;
-
rng = get_current_rng();
if (IS_ERR(rng) || !rng)
break;
mutex_lock(&reading_mutex);
rc = rng_get_data(rng, rng_fillbuf,
rng_buffer_size(), 1);
+ if (current_quality != rng->quality)
+ rng->quality = current_quality; /* obsolete */
+ quality = rng->quality;
mutex_unlock(&reading_mutex);
put_rng(rng);
+
+ if (!quality)
+ break;
+
if (rc <= 0) {
pr_warn("hwrng: no data available\n");
msleep_interruptible(10000);
@@ -451,7 +458,7 @@ static int hwrng_fillfn(void *unused)
/* If we cannot credit at least one bit of entropy,
* keep track of the remainder for the next iteration
*/
- entropy = rc * current_quality * 8 + entropy_credit;
+ entropy = rc * quality * 8 + entropy_credit;
if ((entropy >> 10) == 0)
entropy_credit = entropy;

@@ -463,14 +470,14 @@ static int hwrng_fillfn(void *unused)
return 0;
}

-static void hwrng_manage_rngd(void)
+static void hwrng_manage_rngd(struct hwrng *rng)
{
if (WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&rng_mutex)))
return;

- if (current_quality == 0 && hwrng_fill)
+ if (rng->quality == 0 && hwrng_fill)
kthread_stop(hwrng_fill);
- if (current_quality > 0 && !hwrng_fill) {
+ if (rng->quality > 0 && !hwrng_fill) {
hwrng_fill = kthread_run(hwrng_fillfn, NULL, "hwrng");
if (IS_ERR(hwrng_fill)) {
pr_err("hwrng_fill thread creation failed\n");
--
2.35.1