Re: [PATCH] random: inform about bootloader-provided randomness

From: Hsin-Yi Wang
Date: Tue Oct 15 2019 - 05:45:21 EST


On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:40 AM Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 01:36:32PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > Inform how many bits of randomness were provided by the bootloader,
> > and whether we trust that input.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
> > index de434feb873a..673375e05c0d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/random.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/random.c
> > @@ -2515,6 +2515,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness);
> > */
> > void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, unsigned int size)
> > {
> > + pr_notice("random: adding %u bits of %sbootloader-provided randomness",
> > + size * 8,
> > + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER) ? "trusted " : "");
> > +
> > if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER))
> > add_hwgenerator_randomness(buf, size, size * 8);
> > else
>
> Looks fine to me:
>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Will

Thanks.

Acked-by: Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>