Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] efi/random: treat EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL output as bootloader randomness

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 20:14, Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ard,
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:10 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Commit 428826f5358c ("fdt: add support for rng-seed") introduced
> > > add_bootloader_randomness(), permitting randomness provided by the
> > > bootloader or firmware to be credited as entropy. However, the fact
> > > that the UEFI support code was already wired into the RNG subsystem
> > > via a call to add_device_randomness() was overlooked, and so it was
> > > not converted at the same time.
> > >
> > > Note that this UEFI (v2.4 or newer) feature is currently only
> > > implemented for EFI stub booting on ARM, and further note that
> > > CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER must be enabled, and this should be
> > > done only if there indeed is sufficient trust in the bootloader
> > > _and_ its source of randomness.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > [ardb: update commit log]
> > > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Seems my Tested-by was dropped which I provide for the RFC version of
> > this patch.
> > See <https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg12281.html>
> > for details.
> >
> > I can provide a similar Tested-by for this version as well.
> >
> 
> Thanks Bhupesh

I've added Bhupesh's Tested-by to the commit - no need to resend.

I've picked up all 6 EFI fixes, will push them out after a bit of testing 
- sorry about the delay!

Thanks,

	Ingo