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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hw_random/core.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 48b3c812b9ec..3aaf97c774f1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ static LIST_HEAD(rng_list);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(rng_mutex);
static int data_avail;
static u8 *rng_buffer, *rng_fillbuf;
-static unsigned short current_quality = 700; /* an arbitrary 70% */
+static unsigned short current_quality;
+static unsigned short default_quality; /* = 0; default to "off" */
module_param(current_quality, ushort, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(current_quality,
"current hwrng entropy estimation per mill");
+module_param(default_quality, ushort, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(default_quality,
+ "default entropy content of hwrng per mill");
static void start_khwrngd(void);
@@ -79,6 +83,11 @@ static inline int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng)
return err;
}
+ current_quality = rng->quality ? : default_quality;
+ current_quality &= 1023;
+
+ if (current_quality == 0 && hwrng_fill)
+ kthread_stop(hwrng_fill);
if (current_quality > 0 && !hwrng_fill)
start_khwrngd();