linux/kernel
Jason A. Donenfeld 1366992e16 timekeeping: Add raw clock fallback for random_get_entropy()
The addition of random_get_entropy_fallback() provides access to
whichever time source has the highest frequency, which is useful for
gathering entropy on platforms without available cycle counters. It's
not necessarily as good as being able to quickly access a cycle counter
that the CPU has, but it's still something, even when it falls back to
being jiffies-based.

In the event that a given arch does not define get_cycles(), falling
back to the get_cycles() default implementation that returns 0 is really
not the best we can do. Instead, at least calling
random_get_entropy_fallback() would be preferable, because that always
needs to return _something_, even falling back to jiffies eventually.
It's not as though random_get_entropy_fallback() is super high precision
or guaranteed to be entropic, but basically anything that's not zero all
the time is better than returning zero all the time.

Finally, since random_get_entropy_fallback() is used during extremely
early boot when randomizing freelists in mm_init(), it can be called
before timekeeping has been initialized. In that case there really is
nothing we can do; jiffies hasn't even started ticking yet. So just give
up and return 0.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2022-05-13 23:59:23 +02:00
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bpf bpf: Fix maximum permitted number of arguments check 2022-03-28 19:08:17 -07:00
cgroup Driver core changes for 5.18-rc1 2022-03-28 12:41:28 -07:00
configs Char/Misc and other driver updates for 5.18-rc1 2022-03-28 12:27:35 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix the putarea helper function 2022-03-24 16:39:47 +00:00
dma dma-direct: avoid redundant memory sync for swiotlb 2022-04-14 06:30:39 +02:00
entry entry: Fix compile error in dynamic_irqentry_exit_cond_resched() 2022-04-05 09:59:36 +02:00
events perf/core: Fix perf_mmap fail when CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC enabled 2022-04-19 21:15:42 +02:00
futex mm/truncate: Inline invalidate_complete_page() into its one caller 2022-03-21 12:59:01 -04:00
gcov gcov: Remove compiler version check 2021-12-02 17:25:21 +09:00
irq genirq: Synchronize interrupt thread startup 2022-05-05 11:54:05 +02:00
kcsan KCSAN updates for v5.17 2022-01-11 09:51:26 -08:00
livepatch ptrace: Cleanups for v5.18 2022-03-28 17:29:53 -07:00
locking Changes in this cycle were: 2022-03-22 13:44:21 -07:00
power for-5.18/block-2022-03-18 2022-03-21 16:48:55 -07:00
printk printk changes for 5.18 2022-03-23 10:54:27 -07:00
rcu Changes in this cycle were: 2022-03-22 14:39:12 -07:00
sched sched/pelt: Fix attach_entity_load_avg() corner case 2022-04-19 21:15:41 +02:00
time timekeeping: Add raw clock fallback for random_get_entropy() 2022-05-13 23:59:23 +02:00
trace Networking fixes for 5.18-rc2, including fixes from bpf and netfilter 2022-04-07 19:01:47 -10:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel: remove spurious blkdev.h includes 2021-10-18 06:17:01 -06:00
async.c Revert "module, async: async_synchronize_full() on module init iff async is used" 2022-02-03 11:20:34 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: clarify contract for create event hooks 2021-10-27 12:32:34 +02:00
audit_tree.c audit: use struct_size() helper in kmalloc() 2021-12-14 17:39:42 -05:00
audit_watch.c \n 2021-11-06 16:43:20 -07:00
audit.c audit: improve audit queue handling when "audit=1" on cmdline 2022-01-25 13:22:51 -05:00
audit.h audit: log AUDIT_TIME_* records only from rules 2022-02-22 13:51:40 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit/stable-5.17 PR 20220110 2022-01-11 13:08:21 -08:00
auditsc.c audit/stable-5.18 PR 20220321 2022-03-21 20:53:11 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c xfs: don't generate selinux audit messages for capability testing 2022-03-09 10:32:06 -08:00
cfi.c cfi: Use rcu_read_{un}lock_sched_notrace 2021-08-11 13:11:12 -07:00
compat.c arch: remove compat_alloc_user_space 2021-09-08 15:32:35 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c PM: cpu: Make notifier chain use a raw_spinlock_t 2021-08-16 18:55:32 +02:00
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Remove the 'cpu' member of cpuhp_cpu_state 2022-04-13 21:25:40 +02:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core: suppress unknown crashkernel parameter warning 2021-12-25 12:20:55 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c x86: Mark __invalid_creds() __noreturn 2022-03-15 10:32:44 +01:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from memory compact 2022-01-20 08:52:55 +02:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c ptrace: Cleanups for v5.18 2022-03-28 17:29:53 -07:00
extable.c lkdtm: Really write into kernel text in WRITE_KERN 2022-02-16 23:25:12 +11:00
fail_function.c
fork.c mm: Fix PASID use-after-free issue 2022-05-01 10:17:17 +02:00
freezer.c sched: Add get_current_state() 2021-06-18 11:43:08 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c
hung_task.c hung_task: move hung_task sysctl interface to hung_task.c 2022-01-22 08:33:34 +02:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: use kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() record callstack 2022-04-15 14:49:55 -07:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Fix jump_label_text_reserved() vs __init 2021-07-05 10:46:20 +02:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Skip the name search for empty string 2022-03-17 20:17:18 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/rwlock: Provide RT variant 2021-08-17 17:50:51 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt Revert "signal, x86: Delay calling signals in atomic on RT enabled kernels" 2022-03-31 10:36:55 +02:00
kcov.c kcov: don't generate a warning on vm_insert_page()'s failure 2022-04-21 20:01:10 -07:00
kexec_core.c exit: Move oops specific logic from do_exit into make_task_dead 2021-12-13 12:04:45 -06:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c memblock: add MEMBLOCK_DRIVER_MANAGED to mimic IORESOURCE_SYSRAM_DRIVER_MANAGED 2021-11-06 13:30:42 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c kexec: avoid compat_alloc_user_space 2021-09-08 15:32:34 -07:00
kheaders.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix KRETPROBES when CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK is set 2022-04-26 16:09:36 +02:00
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: use helper macro __ATTR_RW 2022-03-23 19:00:33 -07:00
kthread.c asm-generic updates for 5.18 2022-03-23 18:03:08 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
module_decompress.c module: fix building with sysfs disabled 2022-02-16 12:51:32 -08:00
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h module: add in-kernel support for decompressing 2022-01-11 18:45:02 -08:00
module.c NFSD: Remove svc_serv_ops::svo_module 2022-02-28 10:26:40 -05:00
notifier.c notifier: Return an error when a callback has already been registered 2021-12-29 10:37:33 +01:00
nsproxy.c memcg: enable accounting for new namesapces and struct nsproxy 2021-09-03 09:58:12 -07:00
padata.c padata: replace cpumask_weight with cpumask_empty in padata.c 2022-01-31 11:21:46 +11:00
panic.c panic: move panic_print before kmsg dumpers 2022-03-23 19:00:35 -07:00
params.c kobject: remove kset from struct kset_uevent_ops callbacks 2021-12-28 11:26:18 +01:00
pid_namespace.c memcg: enable accounting for new namesapces and struct nsproxy 2021-09-03 09:58:12 -07:00
pid.c pid: add pidfd_get_task() helper 2021-10-14 13:29:18 +02:00
profile.c exit: Remove profile_handoff_task 2022-01-08 12:43:57 -06:00
ptrace.c ptrace: Check PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP permission on PTRACE_SEIZE 2022-03-22 13:06:05 -05:00
range.c
reboot.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2021-11-12 11:53:16 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c
resource_kunit.c
resource.c kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again 2022-03-23 19:00:35 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Remove broken uapi field layout on 32-bit little endian 2022-02-02 13:11:34 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Always log error message 2021-12-07 16:36:17 -08:00
scs.c kasan, vmalloc: only tag normal vmalloc allocations 2022-03-24 19:06:48 -07:00
seccomp.c ptrace: Cleanups for v5.18 2022-03-28 17:29:53 -07:00
signal.c Revert "signal, x86: Delay calling signals in atomic on RT enabled kernels" 2022-03-31 10:36:55 +02:00
smp.c smp: Fix offline cpu check in flush_smp_call_function_queue() 2022-04-13 18:44:35 +02:00
smpboot.c smpboot: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-10 14:57:42 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c genirq, softirq: Use in_hardirq() instead of in_irq() 2022-02-02 21:34:19 +01:00
stackleak.c gcc-plugins/stackleak: Use noinstr in favor of notrace 2022-02-03 17:02:21 -08:00
stacktrace.c uaccess: remove CONFIG_SET_FS 2022-02-25 09:36:06 +01:00
static_call_inline.c static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
static_call.c static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c mm/mempolicy: wire up syscall set_mempolicy_home_node 2022-01-15 16:30:30 +02:00
sys.c prlimit: do not grab the tasklist_lock 2022-03-08 14:33:36 -06:00
sysctl-test.c kernel/sysctl-test: Remove some casts which are no-longer required 2021-06-23 16:41:24 -06:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2022-03-22 16:11:53 -07:00
task_work.c resume_user_mode: Move to resume_user_mode.h 2022-03-10 16:51:50 -06:00
taskstats.c taskstats: remove unneeded dead assignment 2022-03-23 19:00:35 -07:00
torture.c torture: Wake up kthreads after storing task_struct pointer 2022-02-01 17:24:39 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Fix kerneldoc comments 2021-08-16 11:39:51 -04:00
tsacct.c taskstats: Cleanup the use of task->exit_code 2022-01-08 12:43:57 -06:00
ucount.c ucounts: Handle wrapping in is_ucounts_overlimit 2022-02-17 09:11:57 -06:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c
up.c
user_namespace.c ucounts: Fix systemd LimitNPROC with private users regression 2022-02-25 10:40:14 -06:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c fs/epoll: use a per-cpu counter for user's watches count 2021-09-08 11:50:27 -07:00
usermode_driver.c Merge branch 'work.namei' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2021-07-03 11:41:14 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watch_queue.c watch_queue: Free the page array when watch_queue is dismantled 2022-04-02 10:37:39 -07:00
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c sched/isolation: Use single feature type while referring to housekeeping cpumask 2022-02-16 15:57:55 +01:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Assign a color to barrier work items 2021-08-17 07:49:10 -10:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-5.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2022-03-23 12:40:51 -07:00