Data valid gets cleared by reading the ISR (status register) and NOT from reading ODATA (data register). A new data word can become available between checking ISR and reading ODATA, causing us to reuse the same data word next time atmel_trng_read() gets called, if that happens before the following data word is ready.
With this fixed, rngtest no longer complains of 'Continous run' errors. Before: rngtest -c 1000 < /dev/hwrng rngtest 3 Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warr. rngtest: starting FIPS tests... rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 923 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 77 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 1 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 76 rngtest: input channel speed: (min=721.402; avg=46003.510; max=49321.338)Kibitss rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=11.442; avg=12.714; max=12.801)Mibits/s rngtest: Program run time: 1931860 microseconds After: rngtest -c 1000 < /dev/hwrng rngtest 3 Copyright (c) 2004 by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warr. rngtest: starting FIPS tests... rngtest: bits received from input: 20000032 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 successes: 1000 rngtest: FIPS 140-2 failures: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Monobit: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Poker: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Runs: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Long run: 0 rngtest: FIPS 140-2(2001-10-10) Continuous run: 0 rngtest: input channel speed: (min=777.518; avg=36988.482; max=43115.342)Kibitss rngtest: FIPS tests speed: (min=11.951; avg=12.715; max=12.887)Mibits/s rngtest: Program run time: 2035543 microseconds Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <[email protected]> Reported-by: George Pontis <[email protected]> --- drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c index d7ab920..731c904 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/atmel-rng.c @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ static int atmel_trng_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *buf, size_t max, /* data ready? */ if (readl(trng->base + TRNG_ISR) & 1) { *data = readl(trng->base + TRNG_ODATA); + /* + ensure data ready is only set again AFTER the next data + word is ready in case it got set between checking ISR + and reading ODATA, so we don't risk re-reading the + same word + */ + readl(trng->base + TRNG_ISR); return 4; } else return 0; -- 1.7.10 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
