root/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
 * This file is part of the Linux kernel.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2011, Intel Corporation
 * Authors: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
 *          H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
 */
#include <linux/printk.h>

#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/archrandom.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>

/*
 * RDRAND has Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) that runs on every invocation.
 * Run the instruction a few times as a sanity check. Also make sure
 * it's not outputting the same value over and over, which has happened
 * as a result of past CPU bugs.
 *
 * If it fails, it is simple to disable RDRAND and RDSEED here.
 */

void x86_init_rdrand(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
        enum { SAMPLES = 8, MIN_CHANGE = 5 };
        unsigned long sample, prev;
        bool failure = false;
        size_t i, changed;

        if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND))
                return;

        for (changed = 0, i = 0; i < SAMPLES; ++i) {
                if (!rdrand_long(&sample)) {
                        failure = true;
                        break;
                }
                changed += i && sample != prev;
                prev = sample;
        }
        if (changed < MIN_CHANGE)
                failure = true;

        if (failure) {
                clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
                clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDSEED);
                pr_emerg("RDRAND is not reliable on this platform; disabling.\n");
        }
}