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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/2] virtio: rng: ensure reads happen after successful probe
On (Sun) 06 Jul 2014 [21:38:36], Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> wrote:
> > The hwrng core asks for random data in the hwrng_register() call itself
> > from commit d9e7972619. This doesn't play well with virtio -- the
> > DRIVER_OK bit is only set by virtio core on a successful probe, and
> > we're not yet out of our probe routine when this call is made. This
> > causes the host to not acknowledge any requests we put in the virtqueue,
> > and the insmod or kernel boot process just waits for data to arrive from
> > the host, which never happens.
>
> Doesn't this mean that virtio-rng won't ever contribute entropy to the system?

The initial randomness? Yes. But it'll start contributing entropy as
soon as it's used as the current source.

Is this a huge negative?

Amit


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