Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] crypto: hw_random - Add new Exynos RNG driver

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

Hi,

On Saturday, April 08, 2017 03:32:45 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Replace existing hw_ranndom/exynos-rng driver with a new, reworked one.
> This is a driver for pseudo random number generator block which on
> Exynos4 chipsets must be seeded with some value.  On newer Exynos5420
> chipsets it might seed itself from true random number generator block
> but this is not implemented yet.
> 
> New driver is a complete rework to use the crypto ALGAPI instead of
> hw_random API.  Rationale for the change:
> 1. hw_random interface is for true RNG devices.
> 2. The old driver was seeding itself with jiffies which is not a
>    reliable source for randomness.
> 3. Device generates five random 32-bit numbers in each pass but old
>    driver was returning only one 32-bit number thus its performance was
>    reduced.
> 
> Compatibility with DeviceTree bindings is preserved.
> 
> New driver does not use runtime power management but manually enables
> and disables the clock when needed.  This is preferred approach because
> using runtime PM just to toggle clock is huge overhead.
> 
> Another difference is reseeding itself with generated random data
> periodically and during resuming from system suspend (previously driver
> was re-seeding itself again with jiffies).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Stephan Müller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics