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authorPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2012-05-31 20:53:08 +1000
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2012-05-31 20:53:08 +1000
commit121daad8fd1dce63076fa55aaedd5dc3f981b334 (patch)
treeb8dffca034cb3763706ac7bf4aeac94a29661749 /drivers/char
parentef45b834319f8a18f257a40ba4bce6b829ef1708 (diff)
downloadlinux-121daad8fd1dce63076fa55aaedd5dc3f981b334.tar.bz2
hwrng: atmel-rng - fix race condition leading to repeated bits
Data valid gets cleared by reading the ISR (status register) and NOT from reading ODATA (data register). A new data word can become available between checking ISR and reading ODATA, causing us to reuse the same data word next time atmel_trng_read() gets called, if that happens before the following data word is ready. With this fixed, rngtest no longer complains of 'Continous run' errors. Before: rngtest -c 1000 < /dev/hwrng rngtest 3 Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warr. rngtest: starting FIPS tests... rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 923 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 77 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 1 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 76 rngtest: input channel speed: (min=721.402; avg=46003.510; max=49321.338)Kibitss rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=11.442; avg=12.714; max=12.801)Mibits/s rngtest: Program run time: 1931860 microseconds After: rngtest -c 1000 < /dev/hwrng rngtest 3 Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warr. rngtest: starting FIPS tests... rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 1000 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0 rngtest: input channel speed: (min=777.518; avg=36988.482; max=43115.342)Kibitss rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=11.951; avg=12.715; max=12.887)Mibits/s rngtest: Program run time: 2035543 microseconds Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> Reported-by: George Pontis <GPontis@z9.com> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c
index f518b99f53f5..6289f0eee24c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ static int atmel_trng_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *buf, size_t max,
/* data ready? */
if (readl(trng->base + TRNG_ODATA) & 1) {
*data = readl(trng->base + TRNG_ODATA);
+ /*
+ ensure data ready is only set again AFTER the next data
+ word is ready in case it got set between checking ISR
+ and reading ODATA, so we don't risk re-reading the
+ same word
+ */
+ readl(trng->base + TRNG_ISR);
return 4;
} else
return 0;