Increase rng-seed size to make Linux happy and initialize rng pool instantly.
Linux 5.19+ requires 32 bytes of entropy to initialize random pool, but u-boot
currently provides only 8 bytes.
Linux 5.18 and probably some versions before it used to require 64 bytes.
Bump min value to 64 bytes to be on a safe side.
Boot with 8 byte rng-seed (Linux 6.11):
# dmesg | grep crng
[ 12.089286] random: crng init done
Boot with 32 byte rng-seed (Linux 6.11):
# dmesg | grep crng
[ 0.000000] random: crng init done
Linux source references:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c?h=v5.19#n551
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c?h=v5.18#n236
Signed-off-by: Alex Shumsky <alexthr...@gmail.com>
Fixes: d2048bafae40 ("rockchip: board: Add board_rng_seed() for all Rockchip
devices")
Reviewed-by: Dragan Simic <dsi...@manjaro.org>
---
Changes in v4:
- fix typos and code style
Changes in v3:
- reword warning
- increase default rng_seed_size to support older linux as well
- reword commit message
Changes in v2:
- add env config knob rng_seed_size
- add warning for small rng_seed_size
- 12-character commit SHA in Fixes
arch/arm/mach-rockchip/board.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/board.c
index 3fadf7e412..ca6404776f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/board.c
@@ -472,9 +472,18 @@ __weak int misc_init_r(void)
__weak int board_rng_seed(struct abuf *buf)
{
struct udevice *dev;
- size_t len = 0x8;
+ ulong len = env_get_ulong("rng_seed_size", 10, 64);
u64 *data;
+ if (len < 64) {
+ /*
+ * rng_seed_size should be at least 32 bytes for Linux 5.19+,
+ * or 64 for older Linux kernel versions
+ */
+ log_warning("Value for rng_seed_size too low (%lu) and likely
insufficient for the Linux RNG initialization\n",
+ len);
+ }
+
data = malloc(len);
if (!data) {
printf("Out of memory\n");
--
2.34.1
