linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] hwrng: iproc-rng200

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 23:25:51 +0200
From:   Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
To:     Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>,
        Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@....net>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] hwrng: iproc-rng200 - Set the quality value

The value was estimaded with ea_iid[1] using on 10485760 bytes read from
the RNG via /dev/hwrng. The min-entropy value calculated using the most
common value estimate (NIST SP 800-90P[2], section 6.3.1) was 7.964464.

[1] https://github.com/usnistgov/SP800-90B_EntropyAssessment
[2] https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-90b/final

Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/iproc-rng200.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/iproc-rng200.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/iproc-rng200.c
index 32d9fe61a225..95669ece050f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/iproc-rng200.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/iproc-rng200.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static int iproc_rng200_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->rng.read = iproc_rng200_read,
 	priv->rng.init = iproc_rng200_init,
 	priv->rng.cleanup = iproc_rng200_cleanup,
+	priv->rng.quality = 1000,
 
 	/* Register driver */
 	ret = devm_hwrng_register(dev, &priv->rng);
-- 
2.26.2