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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-01-11 16:46:20 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-01-11 16:46:20 -0800
commit671d5532aaad777782b66eff71bc4dfad25f942d (patch)
treefdd480fbd7bd8078c60e1fe3eea98a8cefb8df67 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
parent67c707e451e12f59e57bca6cf33b5803cb74b022 (diff)
parent0007bccc3cfd1e69deb0fd73ccc426b4cedb061d (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cpu updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes in this cycle were: - Improved CPU ID handling code and related enhancements (Borislav Petkov) - RDRAND fix (Len Brown)" * 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86: Replace RDRAND forced-reseed with simple sanity check x86/MSR: Chop off lower 32-bit value x86/cpu: Fix MSR value truncation issue x86/cpu/amd, kvm: Satisfy guest kernel reads of IC_CFG MSR kvm: Add accessors for guest CPU's family, model, stepping x86/cpu: Unify CPU family, model, stepping calculation
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c25
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
index 136ac74..819d949 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
@@ -33,28 +33,27 @@ static int __init x86_rdrand_setup(char *s)
__setup("nordrand", x86_rdrand_setup);
/*
- * Force a reseed cycle; we are architecturally guaranteed a reseed
- * after no more than 512 128-bit chunks of random data. This also
- * acts as a test of the CPU capability.
+ * RDRAND has Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) that runs on every invocation.
+ * Run the instruction a few times as a sanity check.
+ * If it fails, it is simple to disable RDRAND here.
*/
-#define RESEED_LOOP ((512*128)/sizeof(unsigned long))
+#define SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS 8
void x86_init_rdrand(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM
unsigned long tmp;
- int i, count, ok;
+ int i;
if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND))
- return; /* Nothing to do */
+ return;
- for (count = i = 0; i < RESEED_LOOP; i++) {
- ok = rdrand_long(&tmp);
- if (ok)
- count++;
+ for (i = 0; i < SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS; i++) {
+ if (!rdrand_long(&tmp)) {
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
+ printk_once(KERN_WARNING "rdrand: disabled\n");
+ return;
+ }
}
-
- if (count != RESEED_LOOP)
- clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
#endif
}
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