linux-kernel - [ 43/65] dmi: Feed DMI table to /dev/random driver

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Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:14:27 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [ 43/65] dmi: Feed DMI table to /dev/random driver

From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>

commit d114a33387472555188f142ed8e98acdb8181c6d upstream.

Send the entire DMI (SMBIOS) table to the /dev/random driver to
help seed its pools.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include <asm/dmi.h>
 
 /*
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ static int __init dmi_walk_early(void (*
 
 	dmi_table(buf, dmi_len, dmi_num, decode, NULL);
 
+	add_device_randomness(buf, dmi_len);
+
 	dmi_iounmap(buf, dmi_len);
 	return 0;
 }


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