linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 0/3] hw_random: support for delayed init randomness requests

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:05:18 +0530
From:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Virtualization List <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, keescook@...omium.org,
	jason@...edaemon.net, Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/3] hw_random: support for delayed init randomness requests

Hello,

This series introduces a way to allow devices to contribute to initial
system randomness after a certain delay.  Specifically, the virtio-rng
device can contribute initial randomness only after a successful
probe().

A delayed workqueue item is queued in the system queue to fetch this
randomness if the device indicates it's capable of contributing only
after a delay, via the new HWRNG_DELAY_READ_AT_INIT flag.

This series is intended for the next merge window.  I've marked it as
RFC because the last revert doesn't yet have a linux.git sha1.  I'll
re-post when the previous series gets committed.

Please review,

Amit Shah (3):
  hw_random: allow RNG devices to give early randomness after a delay
  virtio: rng: only accept delayed early randomness requests
  Revert "virtio: rng: ensure reads happen after successful probe"

 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c       | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c | 11 +----------
 include/linux/hw_random.h           |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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1.9.3

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