linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/5] vsprintf: initialize siphash key using notifier

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:32:38 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] vsprintf: initialize siphash key using notifier

Rather than polling every second, use the new notifier to do this at
exactly the right moment.

Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
---
 lib/vsprintf.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 24f37bab8bc1..890607b32235 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/siphash.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #endif
@@ -752,26 +753,21 @@ early_param("debug_boot_weak_hash", debug_boot_weak_hash_enable);
 
 static bool filled_random_ptr_key __read_mostly;
 static siphash_key_t ptr_key __read_mostly;
-static void fill_ptr_key_workfn(struct work_struct *work);
-static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(fill_ptr_key_work, fill_ptr_key_workfn);
 
-static void fill_ptr_key_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+static int fill_ptr_key(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *data)
 {
-	if (!rng_is_initialized()) {
-		queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &fill_ptr_key_work, HZ  * 2);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	get_random_bytes(&ptr_key, sizeof(ptr_key));
 
 	/* Pairs with smp_rmb() before reading ptr_key. */
 	smp_wmb();
 	WRITE_ONCE(filled_random_ptr_key, true);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init vsprintf_init_hashval(void)
 {
-	fill_ptr_key_workfn(NULL);
+	static struct notifier_block fill_ptr_key_nb = { .notifier_call = fill_ptr_key };
+	execute_with_initialized_rng(&fill_ptr_key_nb);
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(vsprintf_init_hashval)
-- 
2.38.1