[PATCH v2 4/4] crypto: exynos - Introduce mutex to prevent concurrent access to hardware

From: Åukasz Stelmach
Date: Mon Dec 11 2017 - 09:08:03 EST


Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hardware operations like reading random numbers and setting a seed need
to be conducted in a single thread. Therefore a mutex is required to
prevent multiple threads (processes) from accessing the hardware at the
same time.

The sequence of mutex_lock() and mutex_unlock() in the exynos_rng_reseed()
function enables switching between different threads waiting for the
driver to generate random numbers for them.

Signed-off-by: Åukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c b/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c
index c72a838f1932..6209035ca659 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/of_device.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>

@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct exynos_rng_dev {
enum exynos_prng_type type;
void __iomem *mem;
struct clk *clk;
+ struct mutex lock;
/* Generated numbers stored for seeding during resume */
u8 seed_save[EXYNOS_RNG_SEED_SIZE];
unsigned int seed_save_len;
@@ -192,6 +194,10 @@ static void exynos_rng_reseed(struct exynos_rng_dev *rng)
return;

exynos_rng_set_seed(rng, seed, read);
+
+ /* Let others do some of their job. */
+ mutex_unlock(&rng->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&rng->lock);
}

static int exynos_rng_generate(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@ static int exynos_rng_generate(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
if (ret)
return ret;

+ mutex_lock(&rng->lock);
do {
ret = exynos_rng_get_random(rng, dst, dlen, &read);
if (ret)
@@ -217,6 +224,7 @@ static int exynos_rng_generate(struct crypto_rng *tfm,

exynos_rng_reseed(rng);
} while (dlen > 0);
+ mutex_unlock(&rng->lock);

clk_disable_unprepare(rng->clk);

@@ -234,7 +242,9 @@ static int exynos_rng_seed(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed,
if (ret)
return ret;

+ mutex_lock(&rng->lock);
ret = exynos_rng_set_seed(ctx->rng, seed, slen);
+ mutex_unlock(&rng->lock);

clk_disable_unprepare(rng->clk);

@@ -284,6 +294,8 @@ static int exynos_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return -ENOTSUPP;
}

+ mutex_init(&rng->lock);
+
rng->dev = &pdev->dev;
rng->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "secss");
if (IS_ERR(rng->clk)) {
@@ -334,9 +346,14 @@ static int __maybe_unused exynos_rng_suspend(struct device *dev)
if (ret)
return ret;

+ mutex_lock(&rng->lock);
+
/* Get new random numbers and store them for seeding on resume. */
exynos_rng_get_random(rng, rng->seed_save, sizeof(rng->seed_save),
&(rng->seed_save_len));
+
+ mutex_unlock(&rng->lock);
+
dev_dbg(rng->dev, "Stored %u bytes for seeding on system resume\n",
rng->seed_save_len);

@@ -359,8 +376,12 @@ static int __maybe_unused exynos_rng_resume(struct device *dev)
if (ret)
return ret;

+ mutex_lock(&rng->lock);
+
ret = exynos_rng_set_seed(rng, rng->seed_save, rng->seed_save_len);

+ mutex_unlock(&rng->lock);
+
clk_disable_unprepare(rng->clk);

return ret;
--
2.11.0