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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index e9dda162d4d2..9701ac7d8b47 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ #define RNG_MODULE_NAME "hw_random" static struct hwrng *current_rng; +/* the current rng has been explicitly chosen by user via sysfs */ +static int cur_rng_set_by_user; static struct task_struct *hwrng_fill; /* list of registered rngs, sorted decending by quality */ static LIST_HEAD(rng_list); @@ -304,6 +306,7 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev, list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) { if (sysfs_streq(rng->name, buf)) { err = 0; + cur_rng_set_by_user = 1; if (rng != current_rng) err = set_current_rng(rng); break; @@ -352,16 +355,27 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev, return strlen(buf); } +static ssize_t hwrng_attr_selected_show(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", cur_rng_set_by_user); +} + static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_current, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, hwrng_attr_current_show, hwrng_attr_current_store); static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_available, S_IRUGO, hwrng_attr_available_show, NULL); +static DEVICE_ATTR(rng_selected, S_IRUGO, + hwrng_attr_selected_show, + NULL); static struct attribute *rng_dev_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_rng_current.attr, &dev_attr_rng_available.attr, + &dev_attr_rng_selected.attr, NULL }; @@ -444,10 +458,12 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng) old_rng = current_rng; err = 0; - if (!old_rng || (rng->quality > old_rng->quality)) { + if (!old_rng || + (!cur_rng_set_by_user && rng->quality > old_rng->quality)) { /* * Set new rng as current as the new rng source - * provides better entropy quality. + * provides better entropy quality and was not + * chosen by userspace. */ err = set_current_rng(rng); if (err) @@ -479,6 +495,7 @@ void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng) list_del(&rng->list); if (current_rng == rng) { drop_current_rng(); + cur_rng_set_by_user = 0; /* rng_list is sorted by quality, use the best (=first) one */ if (!list_empty(&rng_list)) { struct hwrng *new_rng; |