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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c index 136ac74de..819d94982 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 } |