Initialize the random driver earler; fix CRNG initialization when we

trust the CPU's RNG on NUMA systems; other miscellaneous cleanups and
 fixes.
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Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random

Pull randomness updates from Ted Ts'o:

 - initialize the random driver earler

 - fix CRNG initialization when we trust the CPU's RNG on NUMA systems

 - other miscellaneous cleanups and fixes.

* tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
  random: add a spinlock_t to struct batched_entropy
  random: document get_random_int() family
  random: fix CRNG initialization when random.trust_cpu=1
  random: move rand_initialize() earlier
  random: only read from /dev/random after its pool has received 128 bits
  drivers/char/random.c: make primary_crng static
  drivers/char/random.c: remove unused stuct poolinfo::poolbits
  drivers/char/random.c: constify poolinfo_table
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Linus Torvalds 2019-05-07 21:42:23 -07:00
commit dd5001e21a
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@ -569,13 +569,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
page_address_init();
pr_notice("%s", linux_banner);
setup_arch(&command_line);
/*
* Set up the the initial canary and entropy after arch
* and after adding latent and command line entropy.
*/
add_latent_entropy();
add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
boot_init_stack_canary();
mm_init_cpumask(&init_mm);
setup_command_line(command_line);
setup_nr_cpu_ids();
@ -660,6 +653,20 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
hrtimers_init();
softirq_init();
timekeeping_init();
/*
* For best initial stack canary entropy, prepare it after:
* - setup_arch() for any UEFI RNG entropy and boot cmdline access
* - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in rand_initialize()
* - rand_initialize() to get any arch-specific entropy like RDRAND
* - add_latent_entropy() to get any latent entropy
* - adding command line entropy
*/
rand_initialize();
add_latent_entropy();
add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
boot_init_stack_canary();
time_init();
printk_safe_init();
perf_event_init();