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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
index c4be62058dd9..26a427fa84ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
@@ -11,56 +11,39 @@
#include <asm/archrandom.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
-static int __init x86_rdrand_setup(char *s)
-{
- setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
- setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RDSEED);
- return 1;
-}
-__setup("nordrand", x86_rdrand_setup);
-
/*
* 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.
+ * Run the instruction a few times as a sanity check. Also make sure
+ * it's not outputting the same value over and over, which has happened
+ * as a result of past CPU bugs.
+ *
+ * If it fails, it is simple to disable RDRAND and RDSEED here.
*/
-#define SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS 8
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM
void x86_init_rdrand(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
- unsigned int changed = 0;
- unsigned long tmp, prev;
- int i;
+ enum { SAMPLES = 8, MIN_CHANGE = 5 };
+ unsigned long sample, prev;
+ bool failure = false;
+ size_t i, changed;
if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND))
return;
- for (i = 0; i < SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS; i++) {
- if (!rdrand_long(&tmp)) {
- clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
- pr_warn_once("rdrand: disabled\n");
- return;
+ for (changed = 0, i = 0; i < SAMPLES; ++i) {
+ if (!rdrand_long(&sample)) {
+ failure = true;
+ break;
}
+ changed += i && sample != prev;
+ prev = sample;
}
+ if (changed < MIN_CHANGE)
+ failure = true;
- /*
- * Stupid sanity-check whether RDRAND does *actually* generate
- * some at least random-looking data.
- */
- prev = tmp;
- for (i = 0; i < SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS; i++) {
- if (rdrand_long(&tmp)) {
- if (prev != tmp)
- changed++;
-
- prev = tmp;
- }
+ if (failure) {
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDSEED);
+ pr_emerg("RDRAND is not reliable on this platform; disabling.\n");
}
-
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!changed))
- pr_emerg(
-"RDRAND gives funky smelling output, might consider not using it by booting with \"nordrand\"");
-
}
-#endif