linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH] tpm: tpm_tis_spi

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Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:12:58 +0200
From:   AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     apronin@...omium.org, peterhuewe@....de, jarkko@...nel.org,
        jgg@...pe.ca, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH] tpm: tpm_tis_spi_cr50: Add default RNG quality

To allow this device to fill the kernel's entropy pool at boot,
setup a default quality for the hwrng found in Cr50.

After some testing with rngtest and dieharder it was, in short,
discovered that the RNG produces fair quality randomness, giving
around 99.93% successes in rngtest FIPS140-2.

Notably, though, when testing with dieharder it was noticed that
the p-values distribution wasn't uniform in all the cases, so a
conservative quality value was chosen.

Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
---

Sorry for the resend, I forgot to include linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org the
first time.

 drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_cr50.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_cr50.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_cr50.c
index ea759af25634..d6195fb58036 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_cr50.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_cr50.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ int cr50_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	phy = &cr50_phy->spi_phy;
 	phy->flow_control = cr50_spi_flow_control;
 	phy->wake_after = jiffies;
+	phy->priv.rng_quality = 700;
 	init_completion(&phy->ready);

 	cr50_phy->access_delay = CR50_NOIRQ_ACCESS_DELAY;
-- 
2.33.0