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# 272461 02-Oct-2014 gjb

Copy stable/10@r272459 to releng/10.1 as part of
the 10.1-RELEASE process.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 268933 20-Jul-2014 jhb

MFC 260847,264055,264867:
- Add a very simple virtio_random(4) driver for FreeBSD guests to harvest
entropy from hypervisors.
- Add support to bhyve for the virtio RNG entropy-source device to provide
entry to bhyve guests.


# 256381 12-Oct-2013 markm

Merge from project branch via main. Uninteresting commits are trimmed.

Refactor of /dev/random device. Main points include:

* Userland seeding is no longer used. This auto-seeds at boot time
on PC/Desktop setups; this may need some tweeking and intelligence
from those folks setting up embedded boxes, but the work is believed
to be minimal.

* An entropy cache is written to /entropy (even during installation)
and the kernel uses this at next boot.

* An entropy file written to /boot/entropy can be loaded by loader(8)

* Hardware sources such as rdrand are fed into Yarrow, and are no
longer available raw.

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r256240 | des | 2013-10-09 21:14:16 +0100 (Wed, 09 Oct 2013) | 4 lines

Add a RANDOM_RWFILE option and hide the entropy cache code behind it.
Rename YARROW_RNG and FORTUNA_RNG to RANDOM_YARROW and RANDOM_FORTUNA.
Add the RANDOM_* options to LINT.

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r256239 | des | 2013-10-09 21:12:59 +0100 (Wed, 09 Oct 2013) | 2 lines

Define RANDOM_PURE_RNDTEST for rndtest(4).

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r256204 | des | 2013-10-09 18:51:38 +0100 (Wed, 09 Oct 2013) | 2 lines

staticize struct random_hardware_source

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r256203 | markm | 2013-10-09 18:50:36 +0100 (Wed, 09 Oct 2013) | 2 lines

Wrap some policy-rich code in 'if NOTYET' until we can thresh out
what it really needs to do.

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r256184 | des | 2013-10-09 10:13:12 +0100 (Wed, 09 Oct 2013) | 2 lines

Re-add /dev/urandom for compatibility purposes.

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r256182 | des | 2013-10-09 10:11:14 +0100 (Wed, 09 Oct 2013) | 3 lines

Add missing include guards and move the existing ones out of the
implementation namespace.

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r256168 | markm | 2013-10-08 23:14:07 +0100 (Tue, 08 Oct 2013) | 10 lines

Fix some just-noticed problems:

o Allow this to work with "nodevice random" by fixing where the
MALLOC pool is defined.

o Fix the explicit reseed code. This was correct as submitted, but
in the project branch doesn't need to set the "seeded" bit as this
is done correctly in the "unblock" function.

o Remove some debug ifdeffing.

o Adjust comments.

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r256159 | markm | 2013-10-08 19:48:11 +0100 (Tue, 08 Oct 2013) | 6 lines

Time to eat crow for me.

I replaced the sx_* locks that Arthur used with regular mutexes;
this turned out the be the wrong thing to do as the locks need to
be sleepable. Revert this folly.

# Submitted by: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com> (In original diff)

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r256138 | des | 2013-10-08 12:05:26 +0100 (Tue, 08 Oct 2013) | 10 lines

Add YARROW_RNG and FORTUNA_RNG to sys/conf/options.

Add a SYSINIT that forces a reseed during proc0 setup, which happens
fairly late in the boot process.

Add a RANDOM_DEBUG option which enables some debugging printf()s.

Add a new RANDOM_ATTACH entropy source which harvests entropy from the
get_cyclecount() delta across each call to a device attach method.

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r256135 | markm | 2013-10-08 07:54:52 +0100 (Tue, 08 Oct 2013) | 8 lines

Debugging. My attempt at EVENTHANDLER(multiuser) was a failure; use
EVENTHANDLER(mountroot) instead.

This means we can't count on /var being present, so something will
need to be done about harvesting /var/db/entropy/... .

Some policy now needs to be sorted out, and a pre-sync cache needs
to be written, but apart from that we are now ready to go.

Over to review.

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r256094 | markm | 2013-10-06 23:45:02 +0100 (Sun, 06 Oct 2013) | 8 lines

Snapshot.

Looking pretty good; this mostly works now. New code includes:

* Read cached entropy at startup, both from files and from loader(8)
preloaded entropy. Failures are soft, but announced. Untested.

* Use EVENTHANDLER to do above just before we go multiuser. Untested.

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r256088 | markm | 2013-10-06 14:01:42 +0100 (Sun, 06 Oct 2013) | 2 lines

Fix up the man page for random(4). This mainly removes no-longer-relevant
details about HW RNGs, reseeding explicitly and user-supplied
entropy.

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r256087 | markm | 2013-10-06 13:43:42 +0100 (Sun, 06 Oct 2013) | 6 lines

As userland writing to /dev/random is no more, remove the "better
than nothing" bootstrap mode.

Add SWI harvesting to the mix.

My box seeds Yarrow by itself in a few seconds! YMMV; more to follow.

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r256086 | markm | 2013-10-06 13:40:32 +0100 (Sun, 06 Oct 2013) | 11 lines

Debug run. This now works, except that the "live" sources haven't
been tested. With all sources turned on, this unlocks itself in
a couple of seconds! That is no my box, and there is no guarantee
that this will be the case everywhere.

* Cut debug prints.

* Use the same locks/mutexes all the way through.

* Be a tad more conservative about entropy estimates.

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r256084 | markm | 2013-10-06 13:35:29 +0100 (Sun, 06 Oct 2013) | 5 lines

Don't use the "real" assembler mnemonics; older compilers may not
understand them (like when building CURRENT on 9.x).

# Submitted by: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>

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r256081 | markm | 2013-10-06 10:55:28 +0100 (Sun, 06 Oct 2013) | 12 lines

SNAPSHOT.

Simplify the malloc pools; We only need one for this device.

Simplify the harvest queue.

Marginally improve the entropy pool hashing, making it a bit faster
in the process.

Connect up the hardware "live" source harvesting. This is simplistic
for now, and will need to be made rate-adaptive.

All of the above passes a compile test but needs to be debugged.

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r256042 | markm | 2013-10-04 07:55:06 +0100 (Fri, 04 Oct 2013) | 25 lines

Snapshot. This passes the build test, but has not yet been finished or debugged.

Contains:

* Refactor the hardware RNG CPU instruction sources to feed into
the software mixer. This is unfinished. The actual harvesting needs
to be sorted out. Modified by me (see below).

* Remove 'frac' parameter from random_harvest(). This was never
used and adds extra code for no good reason.

* Remove device write entropy harvesting. This provided a weak
attack vector, was not very good at bootstrapping the device. To
follow will be a replacement explicit reseed knob.

* Separate out all the RANDOM_PURE sources into separate harvest
entities. This adds some secuity in the case where more than one
is present.

* Review all the code and fix anything obviously messy or inconsistent.
Address som review concerns while I'm here, like rename the pseudo-rng
to 'dummy'.

# Submitted by: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com> (the first item)

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r255319 | markm | 2013-09-06 18:51:52 +0100 (Fri, 06 Sep 2013) | 4 lines

Yarrow wants entropy estimations to be conservative; the usual idea
is that if you are certain you have N bits of entropy, you declare
N/2.

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r255075 | markm | 2013-08-30 18:47:53 +0100 (Fri, 30 Aug 2013) | 4 lines

Remove short-lived idea; thread to harvest (eg) RDRAND enropy into the
usual harvest queues. It was a nifty idea, but too heavyweight.

# Submitted by: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>

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r255071 | markm | 2013-08-30 12:42:57 +0100 (Fri, 30 Aug 2013) | 4 lines

Separate out the Software RNG entropy harvesting queue and thread
into its own files.

# Submitted by: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>

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r254934 | markm | 2013-08-26 20:07:03 +0100 (Mon, 26 Aug 2013) | 2 lines

Remove the short-lived namei experiment.

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r254928 | markm | 2013-08-26 19:35:21 +0100 (Mon, 26 Aug 2013) | 2 lines

Snapshot; Do some running repairs on entropy harvesting. More needs
to follow.

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r254927 | markm | 2013-08-26 19:29:51 +0100 (Mon, 26 Aug 2013) | 15 lines

Snapshot of current work;

1) Clean up namespace; only use "Yarrow" where it is Yarrow-specific
or close enough to the Yarrow algorithm. For the rest use a neutral
name.

2) Tidy up headers; put private stuff in private places. More could
be done here.

3) Streamline the hashing/encryption; no need for a 256-bit counter;
128 bits will last for long enough.

There are bits of debug code lying around; these will be removed
at a later stage.

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r254784 | markm | 2013-08-24 14:54:56 +0100 (Sat, 24 Aug 2013) | 39 lines

1) example (partially humorous random_adaptor, that I call "EXAMPLE")
* It's not meant to be used in a real system, it's there to show how
the basics of how to create interfaces for random_adaptors. Perhaps
it should belong in a manual page

2) Move probe.c's functionality in to random_adaptors.c
* rename random_ident_hardware() to random_adaptor_choose()

3) Introduce a new way to choose (or select) random_adaptors via tunable
"rngs_want" It's a list of comma separated names of adaptors, ordered
by preferences. I.e.:
rngs_want="yarrow,rdrand"

Such setting would cause yarrow to be preferred to rdrand. If neither of
them are available (or registered), then system will default to
something reasonable (currently yarrow). If yarrow is not present, then
we fall back to the adaptor that's first on the list of registered
adaptors.

4) Introduce a way where RNGs can play a role of entropy source. This is
mostly useful for HW rngs.

The way I envision this is that every HW RNG will use this
functionality by default. Functionality to disable this is also present.
I have an example of how to use this in random_adaptor_example.c (see
modload event, and init function)

5) fix kern.random.adaptors from
kern.random.adaptors: yarrowpanicblock
to
kern.random.adaptors: yarrow,panic,block

6) add kern.random.active_adaptor to indicate currently selected
adaptor:
root@freebsd04:~ # sysctl kern.random.active_adaptor
kern.random.active_adaptor: yarrow

# Submitted by: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>

Submitted by: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>, Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: des@FreeBSD.org
Approved by: re (delphij)
Approved by: secteam (des,delphij)


# 256281 10-Oct-2013 gjb

Copy head (r256279) to stable/10 as part of the 10.0-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 255362 07-Sep-2013 markm

Bring in some behind-the-scenes development, mainly By Arthur Mesh,
the rest by me.

o Namespace cleanup; the Yarrow name is now restricted to where it
really applies; this is in anticipation of being augmented or
replaced by Fortuna in the future. Fortuna is mentioned, but behind
#if logic, and is ignorable for now.

o The harvest queue is pulled out into its own modules.

o Entropy harvesting is emproved, both by being made more conservative,
and by separating (a bit!) the sources. Available entropy crumbs are
marginally improved.

o Selection of sources is made clearer. With recent revelations,
this will receive more work in the weeks and months to come.

Submitted by: Arthur Mesh (partly) <arthurmesh@gmail.com>


# 136433 12-Oct-2004 rwatson

Add a note ahea of the esource enum that if new entropy source
categories are added, the set of entropy source assertions in the
harvesting code also need to be updated.


# 104479 04-Oct-2002 sam

add RANDOM_PURE for use by crypto drivers that harvest data from h/w RNG's


# 91601 03-Mar-2002 markm

Provide infrastructure for harvesting SWI entropy.


# 91600 03-Mar-2002 markm

Massive lint-inspired cleanup.

Remove unneeded includes.
Deal with unused function arguments.
Resolve a boatload of signed/unsigned imcompatabilities.
Etc.


# 72667 18-Feb-2001 markm

Provide the infrastructure for sysadmins to select the broad class
of entropy harvesting they wish to perform: "ethernet" (LAN),
point-to-point and interrupt.


# 69167 25-Nov-2000 markm

Add a constant for the (to be committed at a later time) irq-entropy
harvester.


# 65775 12-Sep-2000 markm

The "struct proc" argument to read_random was ill-conceived, and a
hangover from previous experimentation. Remove it. This will clean
up gratuitous needs for forward references and other namespace
pollution.
Moaned about by: bde
Brought to my attention by: bp


# 65753 11-Sep-2000 jhb

Forward declare 'struct proc'.

Requested by: bde


# 65686 10-Sep-2000 markm

Large upgrade to the entropy device; mainly inspired by feedback
from many folk.

o The reseed process is now a kthread. With SMPng, kthreads are
pre-emptive, so the annoying jerkiness of the mouse is gone.

o The data structures are protected by mutexes now, not splfoo()/splx().

o The cryptographic routines are broken out into their own subroutines.
this facilitates review, and possible replacement if that is ever
found necessary.

Thanks to: kris, green, peter, jasone, grog, jhb
Forgotten to thank: You know who you are; no offense intended.


# 63855 25-Jul-2000 markm

o Fix a horrible bug where small reads (< 8 bytes) would return the
wrong bytes.

o Improve the public interface; use void* instead of char* or u_int64_t
to pass arbitrary data around.
Submitted by: kris ("horrible bug")


# 63771 23-Jul-2000 markm

Clean this up with some BDE-inspired fixes.

o Make the comments KNF-compliant.
o Use nanotime instead of getnanotime; the manpage lies about the
kern.timecounter.method - it has been removed.
o Fix the ENTROPYSOURCE const permanently.
o Make variable names more consistent.
o Make function prototypes more consistent.

Some more needs to be done; to follow.


# 63306 17-Jul-2000 markm

Add randomness write functionality. This does absolutely nothing for
entropy estimation, but causes an immediate reseed after the input
(read in sizeof(u_int64_t) chunks) is "harvested".

This will be used in the reboot "reseeder", coming in another
commit. This can be used very effectively at any time you think
your randomness is compromised; something like

# (ps -gauxwww; netstat -an; dmesg; vmstat -c10 1) > /dev/random

will give the attacker something to think about.


# 62841 09-Jul-2000 markm

Yarrow tweaks; separate the fast and slow reseed tasks so that they don't
stomp on each other; provide constant names (as enums) for the harvester
to use (makes it more self-documenting).


# 62766 07-Jul-2000 markm

Darn; didn't commit this with the rest of the entropy gathering code.


# 62064 25-Jun-2000 markm

Forgot this earlier; delete the old /dev/random driver, bring in the
header for the new.
Reviewed by: dfr


# 59772 30-Apr-2000 bde

Updated the name of the idempotency macro to match the move of this file.

Fixed a missing forward declaration.


# 55205 29-Dec-1999 peter

Change #ifdef KERNEL to #ifdef _KERNEL in the public headers. "KERNEL"
is an application space macro and the applications are supposed to be free
to use it as they please (but cannot). This is consistant with the other
BSD's who made this change quite some time ago. More commits to come.


# 50477 27-Aug-1999 peter

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$


# 37086 21-Jun-1998 bde

Converted add_interrupt_randomness() to take a `void *' arg. Rewrote
mmioctl() to fix hundreds of style bugs and a few error handling bugs
(don't check for superuser privilege for inappropriate ioctls, don't
check the input arg for the output-only MEM_RETURNIRQ ioctl, and don't
return EPERM for null changes).


# 37050 18-Jun-1998 bde

Changed the type of an isa/general interrupt handler to take a
`void *' arg. Fixed or hid most of the resulting type mismatches.
Handlers can now be updated locally (except for reworking their
global declarations in isa_device.h).


# 35060 06-Apr-1998 phk

Make read_random() take a (void *) argument instead of (char *)


# 29368 14-Sep-1997 peter

Update select -> poll in drivers.


# 26491 06-Jun-1997 bde

Removed #include of <i386/isa/isa_device.h>. inthand2_t is declared in a
better place now.


# 22975 22-Feb-1997 peter

Back out part 1 of the MCFH that changed $Id$ to $FreeBSD$. We are not
ready for it yet.


# 21673 14-Jan-1997 jkh

Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$

This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.

Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.


# 18512 27-Sep-1996 peter

Drat, missed this prototype for random_select().


# 18444 21-Sep-1996 bde

Cleaned up all headers that include <sys/ioctl.h> or <sys/ioccom.h>:
- don't include <sys/ioctl.h> in any header. Include <sys/ioccom.h>
instead. This was already done in 4.4Lite for the most important
ioctl headers. Header spam currently increases kernel build
times by 10-20%. There are more than 30000 #includes (not counting
duplicates) for compiling LINT.
- include <sys/types.h> if and only it is necessary to make the header
almost self-sufficient (some ioctl headers still need structs from
elsewhere).
- uniformized idempotency ifdefs. Copied the style in the 4.4Lite
ioctl headers.


# 18010 03-Sep-1996 asami

Second phase of merge, get rid of more machine-independent-dependencies.
Get rid of pc98/pc98/pc98_device.h.

Submitted by: The FreeBSD(98) Development Team


# 16439 17-Jun-1996 bde

Reduced nesting of #includes in random.h and adjusted isa/random_machdep.c
to match (pc98/random_machdep.c probably requires a similar change). This
is a problem area for the PC98 merge - all PC98 ifdefs in <machine/*.h> are
kludges to work around incorrect layering.


# 16363 14-Jun-1996 asami

The Great PC98 Merge.

All new code is "#ifdef PC98"ed so this should make no difference to
PC/AT (and its clones) users.

Ok'd by: core
Submitted by: FreeBSD(98) development team


# 13765 30-Jan-1996 mpp

Fix a bunch of spelling errors in the comment fields of
a bunch of system include files.


# 13099 29-Dec-1995 markm

1) ifdef out some unused functions (for now)
2) improve 586 support
3) add 686 support
4) clean up comments etc
Submitted by: bde


# 13057 27-Dec-1995 markm

Clean up and make more universal. Next version of random device.


# 11875 28-Oct-1995 markm

Theodore Ts'po's random number gernerator for Linux, ported by me.
This code will only be included in your kernel if you have
'options DEVRANDOM', but that will fall away in a couple of days.
Obtained from: Theodore Ts'o, Linux