[PATCH] ath9k: use hw_random API instead of directly dumping into random.c

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Tue Feb 15 2022 - 11:28:51 EST


Hardware random number generators are supposed to use the hw_random
framework. This commit turns ath9k's kthread-based design into a proper
hw_random driver.

This compiles, but I have no hardware or other ability to determine
whether it works. I'll leave further development up to the ath9k
and hw_random maintainers.

Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c | 62 +++++++++-----------------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index ef6f5ea06c1f..142f472903dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ struct ath_softc {

#ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_HWRNG
u32 rng_last;
- struct task_struct *rng_task;
+ struct hwrng rng_ops;
#endif
};

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
index aae2bd3cac69..369b222908ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
#include "hw.h"
#include "ar9003_phy.h"

-#define ATH9K_RNG_BUF_SIZE 320
-#define ATH9K_RNG_ENTROPY(x) (((x) * 8 * 10) >> 5) /* quality: 10/32 */
-
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(rng_queue);

static int ath9k_rng_data_read(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 *buf, u32 buf_size)
@@ -72,61 +69,46 @@ static u32 ath9k_rng_delay_get(u32 fail_stats)
return delay;
}

-static int ath9k_rng_kthread(void *data)
+static int ath9k_rng_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *buf, size_t max, bool wait)
{
+ struct ath_softc *sc = container_of(rng, struct ath_softc, rng_ops);
int bytes_read;
- struct ath_softc *sc = data;
- u32 *rng_buf;
- u32 delay, fail_stats = 0;
-
- rng_buf = kmalloc_array(ATH9K_RNG_BUF_SIZE, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!rng_buf)
- goto out;
-
- while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
- bytes_read = ath9k_rng_data_read(sc, rng_buf,
- ATH9K_RNG_BUF_SIZE);
- if (unlikely(!bytes_read)) {
- delay = ath9k_rng_delay_get(++fail_stats);
- wait_event_interruptible_timeout(rng_queue,
- kthread_should_stop(),
- msecs_to_jiffies(delay));
- continue;
- }
-
- fail_stats = 0;
-
- /* sleep until entropy bits under write_wakeup_threshold */
- add_hwgenerator_randomness((void *)rng_buf, bytes_read,
- ATH9K_RNG_ENTROPY(bytes_read));
- }
+ u32 fail_stats = 0;

- kfree(rng_buf);
-out:
- sc->rng_task = NULL;
+retry:
+ bytes_read = ath9k_rng_data_read(sc, buf, max);
+ if (unlikely(!bytes_read) && wait) {
+ msleep(ath9k_rng_delay_get(++fail_stats));
+ goto retry;
+ }

- return 0;
+ return bytes_read;
}

void ath9k_rng_start(struct ath_softc *sc)
{
struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
+ int ret;

- if (sc->rng_task)
+ if (sc->rng_ops.read)
return;

if (!AR_SREV_9300_20_OR_LATER(ah))
return;

- sc->rng_task = kthread_run(ath9k_rng_kthread, sc, "ath9k-hwrng");
- if (IS_ERR(sc->rng_task))
- sc->rng_task = NULL;
+ sc->rng_ops.name = "ath9k";
+ sc->rng_ops.read = ath9k_rng_read;
+ sc->rng_ops.quality = 320;
+
+ ret = devm_hwrng_register(sc->dev, &sc->rng_ops);
+ if (ret)
+ sc->rng_ops.read = NULL;
}

void ath9k_rng_stop(struct ath_softc *sc)
{
- if (sc->rng_task) {
- kthread_stop(sc->rng_task);
- sc->rng_task = NULL;
+ if (sc->rng_ops.read) {
+ devm_hwrng_unregister(sc->dev, &sc->rng_ops);
+ sc->rng_ops.read = NULL;
}
}
--
2.35.0