From: Harald Freudenberger freude@linux.vnet.ibm.com
commit 10a515ddb5f19a1ff0b9882c430b4427843169f3 upstream.
When a user chooses a rng source via sysfs attribute this rng should be sticky, even when other sources with better quality to register. This patch introduces a simple way to remember the user's choice. This is reflected by a new sysfs attribute file 'rng_selected' which shows if the current rng has been chosen by userspace. The new attribute file shows '1' for user selected rng and '0' otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Harald Freudenberger freude@linux.vnet.ibm.com Reviewed-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan prasannatsmkumar@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld Jason@zx2c4.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ #define RNG_MODULE_NAME "hw_random"
static struct hwrng *current_rng; +/* the current rng has been explicitly chosen by user via sysfs */ +static int cur_rng_set_by_user; static struct task_struct *hwrng_fill; /* list of registered rngs, sorted decending by quality */ static LIST_HEAD(rng_list); @@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store( list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) { if (sysfs_streq(rng->name, buf)) { err = 0; + cur_rng_set_by_user = 1; if (rng != current_rng) err = set_current_rng(rng); break; @@ -351,16 +354,27 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show return strlen(buf); }
+static ssize_t hwrng_attr_selected_show(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", cur_rng_set_by_user); +} + static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_current, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, hwrng_attr_current_show, hwrng_attr_current_store); static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_available, S_IRUGO, hwrng_attr_available_show, NULL); +static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_selected, S_IRUGO, + hwrng_attr_selected_show, + NULL);
static struct attribute *rng_dev_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_rng_current.attr, &dev_attr_rng_available.attr, + &dev_attr_rng_selected.attr, NULL };
@@ -443,10 +457,12 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
old_rng = current_rng; err = 0; - if (!old_rng || (rng->quality > old_rng->quality)) { + if (!old_rng || + (!cur_rng_set_by_user && rng->quality > old_rng->quality)) { /* * Set new rng as current as the new rng source - * provides better entropy quality. + * provides better entropy quality and was not + * chosen by userspace. */ err = set_current_rng(rng); if (err) @@ -478,6 +494,7 @@ void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng) list_del(&rng->list); if (current_rng == rng) { drop_current_rng(); + cur_rng_set_by_user = 0; /* rng_list is sorted by quality, use the best (=first) one */ if (!list_empty(&rng_list)) { struct hwrng *new_rng;