Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random

Pull randomness updates from Ted Ts'o:
 "Cleanups and bug fixes to /dev/random, add a new getrandom(2) system
  call, which is a superset of OpenBSD's getentropy(2) call, for use
  with userspace crypto libraries such as LibreSSL.

  Also add the ability to have a kernel thread to pull entropy from
  hardware rng devices into /dev/random"

* tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
  hwrng: Pass entropy to add_hwgenerator_randomness() in bits, not bytes
  random: limit the contribution of the hw rng to at most half
  random: introduce getrandom(2) system call
  hw_random: fix sparse warning (NULL vs 0 for pointer)
  random: use registers from interrupted code for CPU's w/o a cycle counter
  hwrng: add per-device entropy derating
  hwrng: create filler thread
  random: add_hwgenerator_randomness() for feeding entropy from devices
  random: use an improved fast_mix() function
  random: clean up interrupt entropy accounting for archs w/o cycle counters
  random: only update the last_pulled time if we actually transferred entropy
  random: remove unneeded hash of a portion of the entropy pool
  random: always update the entropy pool under the spinlock
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Linus Torvalds
2014-08-06 08:16:24 -07:00
8 changed files with 273 additions and 130 deletions

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@@ -40,4 +40,13 @@ struct rand_pool_info {
__u32 buf[0];
};
/*
* Flags for getrandom(2)
*
* GRND_NONBLOCK Don't block and return EAGAIN instead
* GRND_RANDOM Use the /dev/random pool instead of /dev/urandom
*/
#define GRND_NONBLOCK 0x0001
#define GRND_RANDOM 0x0002
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_RANDOM_H */