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authorTorsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de>2014-06-14 23:38:36 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2014-07-15 04:49:40 -0400
commitc84dbf61a7b322188d2a7fddc0cc6317ac6713e2 (patch)
tree9c89724ab1fbfc2a21b2cd681d706791a0105694 /drivers/char
parent43759d4f429c8d55fd56f863542e20f4e6e8f589 (diff)
random: add_hwgenerator_randomness() for feeding entropy from devices
This patch adds an interface to the random pool for feeding entropy in-kernel. Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c21
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index d3bb7927fb49..914b1575df8f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/cryptohash.h>
#include <linux/fips.h>
@@ -1750,3 +1751,23 @@ randomize_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long len)
return 0;
return PAGE_ALIGN(get_random_int() % range + start);
}
+
+/* Interface for in-kernel drivers of true hardware RNGs.
+ * Those devices may produce endless random bits and will be throttled
+ * when our pool is full.
+ */
+void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
+ size_t entropy)
+{
+ struct entropy_store *poolp = &input_pool;
+
+ /* Suspend writing if we're above the trickle threshold.
+ * We'll be woken up again once below random_write_wakeup_thresh,
+ * or when the calling thread is about to terminate.
+ */
+ wait_event_interruptible(random_write_wait, kthread_should_stop() ||
+ ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) <= random_write_wakeup_bits);
+ mix_pool_bytes(poolp, buffer, count);
+ credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness);