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Re: early x86 unseeded randomness

From Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: early x86 unseeded randomness
Date 2017-08-15 15:50 +0200
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2017, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 12:47:36PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > 8<-------------------
> > 
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> > @@ -1360,3 +1360,19 @@ unsigned long calibrate_delay_is_known(v
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  #endif
> > +
> > +u64 __init tsc_early_random(void)
> > +{
> > +	u64 uninitialized_var(res);
> > +	int i;
> > +
> > +	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC))
> > +		return res;
> > +
> > +	res ^= rdtsc();
> > +	for (i = 0; i < BITS_PER_LONG; i++) {
> > +		res ^= ((rdtsc() & 0x04) >> 2) << i;
> > +		udelay(2);
> > +	}
> > +	return res;
> > +}
> 
> Something like this is exactly what I was aiming at with my dumb patch.
> We could use this for early boot randomness on x86.
> 
> Should I turn it into proper patches or you want to?

Go ahead. What you actually want to do is to replace boot_cpu_has() with a
real cpuid() check because boot_cpu_has() is not initialized on real early
boot.

Thanks,

	tglx

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early x86 unseeded randomness Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 19:40 +0200
  Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-14 19:50 +0200
    Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 20:10 +0200
      Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-14 20:20 +0200
        Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-14 21:10 +0200
          Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-08-15 03:40 +0200
            Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-08-15 08:50 +0200
              Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-08-15 09:50 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-08-15 10:10 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-08-15 10:10 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-08-15 14:20 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-08-15 15:30 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-08-15 12:50 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-15 15:50 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-08-15 15:50 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-08-15 16:30 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-08-15 16:50 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-15 17:30 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-08-15 19:40 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-08-16 05:40 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-08-16 11:20 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-08-16 12:00 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-08-16 05:30 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-08-15 17:30 +0200
                Re: early x86 unseeded randomness Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-08-15 14:50 +0200

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