2 * Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter --
3 * Jitter RNG standalone code.
5 * Copyright Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>, 2015 - 2023
10 * See https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
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49 * This Jitterentropy RNG is based on the jitterentropy library
50 * version 3.4.0 provided at https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
54 #error "The CPU Jitter random number generator must not be compiled with optimizations. See documentation. Use the compiler switch -O0 for compiling jitterentropy.c."
57 typedef unsigned long long __u64
;
58 typedef long long __s64
;
59 typedef unsigned int __u32
;
60 typedef unsigned char u8
;
61 #define NULL ((void *) 0)
63 /* The entropy pool */
65 /* SHA3-256 is used as conditioner */
66 #define DATA_SIZE_BITS 256
67 /* all data values that are vital to maintain the security
68 * of the RNG are marked as SENSITIVE. A user must not
69 * access that information while the RNG executes its loops to
70 * calculate the next random value. */
71 void *hash_state
; /* SENSITIVE hash state entropy pool */
72 __u64 prev_time
; /* SENSITIVE Previous time stamp */
73 __u64 last_delta
; /* SENSITIVE stuck test */
74 __s64 last_delta2
; /* SENSITIVE stuck test */
76 unsigned int flags
; /* Flags used to initialize */
77 unsigned int osr
; /* Oversample rate */
78 #define JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS 128
79 #define JENT_MEMORY_SIZE \
80 (CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKS * \
81 CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE)
82 unsigned char *mem
; /* Memory access location with size of
83 * memblocks * memblocksize */
84 unsigned int memlocation
; /* Pointer to byte in *mem */
85 unsigned int memblocks
; /* Number of memory blocks in *mem */
86 unsigned int memblocksize
; /* Size of one memory block in bytes */
87 unsigned int memaccessloops
; /* Number of memory accesses per random
90 /* Repetition Count Test */
91 unsigned int rct_count
; /* Number of stuck values */
93 /* Adaptive Proportion Test cutoff values */
94 unsigned int apt_cutoff
; /* Intermittent health test failure */
95 unsigned int apt_cutoff_permanent
; /* Permanent health test failure */
96 #define JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE 512 /* Data window size */
97 /* LSB of time stamp to process */
98 #define JENT_APT_LSB 16
99 #define JENT_APT_WORD_MASK (JENT_APT_LSB - 1)
100 unsigned int apt_observations
; /* Number of collected observations */
101 unsigned int apt_count
; /* APT counter */
102 unsigned int apt_base
; /* APT base reference */
103 unsigned int health_failure
; /* Record health failure */
105 unsigned int apt_base_set
:1; /* APT base reference set? */
108 /* Flags that can be used to initialize the RNG */
109 #define JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS (1<<2) /* Disable memory access for more
110 * entropy, saves MEMORY_SIZE RAM for
111 * entropy collector */
113 /* -- error codes for init function -- */
114 #define JENT_ENOTIME 1 /* Timer service not available */
115 #define JENT_ECOARSETIME 2 /* Timer too coarse for RNG */
116 #define JENT_ENOMONOTONIC 3 /* Timer is not monotonic increasing */
117 #define JENT_EVARVAR 5 /* Timer does not produce variations of
118 * variations (2nd derivation of time is
120 #define JENT_ESTUCK 8 /* Too many stuck results during init. */
121 #define JENT_EHEALTH 9 /* Health test failed during initialization */
122 #define JENT_ERCT 10 /* RCT failed during initialization */
123 #define JENT_EHASH 11 /* Hash self test failed */
124 #define JENT_EMEM 12 /* Can't allocate memory for initialization */
126 #define JENT_RCT_FAILURE 1 /* Failure in RCT health test. */
127 #define JENT_APT_FAILURE 2 /* Failure in APT health test. */
128 #define JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT 16
129 #define JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(x) (x << JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT)
130 #define JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(JENT_RCT_FAILURE)
131 #define JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(JENT_APT_FAILURE)
134 * The output n bits can receive more than n bits of min entropy, of course,
135 * but the fixed output of the conditioning function can only asymptotically
136 * approach the output size bits of min entropy, not attain that bound. Random
137 * maps will tend to have output collisions, which reduces the creditable
138 * output entropy (that is what SP 800-90B Section 3.1.5.1.2 attempts to bound).
140 * The value "64" is justified in Appendix A.4 of the current 90C draft,
141 * and aligns with NIST's in "epsilon" definition in this document, which is
142 * that a string can be considered "full entropy" if you can bound the min
143 * entropy in each bit of output to at least 1-epsilon, where epsilon is
144 * required to be <= 2^(-32).
146 #define JENT_ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR 64
148 #include <linux/fips.h>
149 #include <linux/minmax.h>
150 #include "jitterentropy.h"
152 /***************************************************************************
153 * Adaptive Proportion Test
155 * This test complies with SP800-90B section 4.4.2.
156 ***************************************************************************/
159 * See the SP 800-90B comment #10b for the corrected cutoff for the SP 800-90B
161 * https://www.untruth.org/~josh/sp80090b/UL%20SP800-90B-final%20comments%20v1.9%2020191212.pdf
162 * In the syntax of R, this is C = 2 + qbinom(1 − 2^(−30), 511, 2^(-1/osr)).
163 * (The original formula wasn't correct because the first symbol must
164 * necessarily have been observed, so there is no chance of observing 0 of these
167 * For the alpha < 2^-53, R cannot be used as it uses a float data type without
168 * arbitrary precision. A SageMath script is used to calculate those cutoff
171 * For any value above 14, this yields the maximal allowable value of 512
172 * (by FIPS 140-2 IG 7.19 Resolution # 16, we cannot choose a cutoff value that
173 * renders the test unable to fail).
175 static const unsigned int jent_apt_cutoff_lookup
[15] = {
176 325, 422, 459, 477, 488, 494, 499, 502,
177 505, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512 };
178 static const unsigned int jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup
[15] = {
179 355, 447, 479, 494, 502, 507, 510, 512,
180 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512 };
181 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
183 static void jent_apt_init(struct rand_data
*ec
, unsigned int osr
)
186 * Establish the apt_cutoff based on the presumed entropy rate of
189 if (osr
>= ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_lookup
)) {
190 ec
->apt_cutoff
= jent_apt_cutoff_lookup
[
191 ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_lookup
) - 1];
192 ec
->apt_cutoff_permanent
= jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup
[
193 ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup
) - 1];
195 ec
->apt_cutoff
= jent_apt_cutoff_lookup
[osr
- 1];
196 ec
->apt_cutoff_permanent
=
197 jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup
[osr
- 1];
201 * Reset the APT counter
203 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
205 static void jent_apt_reset(struct rand_data
*ec
, unsigned int delta_masked
)
207 /* Reset APT counter */
209 ec
->apt_base
= delta_masked
;
210 ec
->apt_observations
= 0;
214 * Insert a new entropy event into APT
216 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
217 * @delta_masked [in] Masked time delta to process
219 static void jent_apt_insert(struct rand_data
*ec
, unsigned int delta_masked
)
221 /* Initialize the base reference */
222 if (!ec
->apt_base_set
) {
223 ec
->apt_base
= delta_masked
;
224 ec
->apt_base_set
= 1;
228 if (delta_masked
== ec
->apt_base
) {
231 /* Note, ec->apt_count starts with one. */
232 if (ec
->apt_count
>= ec
->apt_cutoff_permanent
)
233 ec
->health_failure
|= JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT
;
234 else if (ec
->apt_count
>= ec
->apt_cutoff
)
235 ec
->health_failure
|= JENT_APT_FAILURE
;
238 ec
->apt_observations
++;
240 if (ec
->apt_observations
>= JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE
)
241 jent_apt_reset(ec
, delta_masked
);
244 /***************************************************************************
245 * Stuck Test and its use as Repetition Count Test
247 * The Jitter RNG uses an enhanced version of the Repetition Count Test
248 * (RCT) specified in SP800-90B section 4.4.1. Instead of counting identical
249 * back-to-back values, the input to the RCT is the counting of the stuck
250 * values during the generation of one Jitter RNG output block.
252 * The RCT is applied with an alpha of 2^{-30} compliant to FIPS 140-2 IG 9.8.
254 * During the counting operation, the Jitter RNG always calculates the RCT
255 * cut-off value of C. If that value exceeds the allowed cut-off value,
256 * the Jitter RNG output block will be calculated completely but discarded at
257 * the end. The caller of the Jitter RNG is informed with an error code.
258 ***************************************************************************/
261 * Repetition Count Test as defined in SP800-90B section 4.4.1
263 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
264 * @stuck [in] Indicator whether the value is stuck
266 static void jent_rct_insert(struct rand_data
*ec
, int stuck
)
272 * The cutoff value is based on the following consideration:
273 * alpha = 2^-30 or 2^-60 as recommended in SP800-90B.
274 * In addition, we require an entropy value H of 1/osr as this
275 * is the minimum entropy required to provide full entropy.
276 * Note, we collect (DATA_SIZE_BITS + ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR)*osr
277 * deltas for inserting them into the entropy pool which should
278 * then have (close to) DATA_SIZE_BITS bits of entropy in the
279 * conditioned output.
281 * Note, ec->rct_count (which equals to value B in the pseudo
282 * code of SP800-90B section 4.4.1) starts with zero. Hence
283 * we need to subtract one from the cutoff value as calculated
284 * following SP800-90B. Thus C = ceil(-log_2(alpha)/H) = 30*osr
287 if ((unsigned int)ec
->rct_count
>= (60 * ec
->osr
)) {
289 ec
->health_failure
|= JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT
;
290 } else if ((unsigned int)ec
->rct_count
>= (30 * ec
->osr
)) {
292 ec
->health_failure
|= JENT_RCT_FAILURE
;
300 static inline __u64
jent_delta(__u64 prev
, __u64 next
)
302 #define JENT_UINT64_MAX (__u64)(~((__u64) 0))
303 return (prev
< next
) ? (next
- prev
) :
304 (JENT_UINT64_MAX
- prev
+ 1 + next
);
308 * Stuck test by checking the:
309 * 1st derivative of the jitter measurement (time delta)
310 * 2nd derivative of the jitter measurement (delta of time deltas)
311 * 3rd derivative of the jitter measurement (delta of delta of time deltas)
313 * All values must always be non-zero.
315 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
316 * @current_delta [in] Jitter time delta
319 * 0 jitter measurement not stuck (good bit)
320 * 1 jitter measurement stuck (reject bit)
322 static int jent_stuck(struct rand_data
*ec
, __u64 current_delta
)
324 __u64 delta2
= jent_delta(ec
->last_delta
, current_delta
);
325 __u64 delta3
= jent_delta(ec
->last_delta2
, delta2
);
327 ec
->last_delta
= current_delta
;
328 ec
->last_delta2
= delta2
;
331 * Insert the result of the comparison of two back-to-back time
334 jent_apt_insert(ec
, current_delta
);
336 if (!current_delta
|| !delta2
|| !delta3
) {
337 /* RCT with a stuck bit */
338 jent_rct_insert(ec
, 1);
342 /* RCT with a non-stuck bit */
343 jent_rct_insert(ec
, 0);
349 * Report any health test failures
351 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
353 * @return a bitmask indicating which tests failed
354 * 0 No health test failure
357 * 1<<JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT RCT permanent failure
358 * 2<<JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT APT permanent failure
360 static unsigned int jent_health_failure(struct rand_data
*ec
)
362 /* Test is only enabled in FIPS mode */
366 return ec
->health_failure
;
369 /***************************************************************************
371 ***************************************************************************/
374 * Update of the loop count used for the next round of
375 * an entropy collection.
378 * @bits is the number of low bits of the timer to consider
379 * @min is the number of bits we shift the timer value to the right at
380 * the end to make sure we have a guaranteed minimum value
382 * @return Newly calculated loop counter
384 static __u64
jent_loop_shuffle(unsigned int bits
, unsigned int min
)
389 unsigned int mask
= (1<<bits
) - 1;
391 jent_get_nstime(&time
);
394 * We fold the time value as much as possible to ensure that as many
395 * bits of the time stamp are included as possible.
397 for (i
= 0; ((DATA_SIZE_BITS
+ bits
- 1) / bits
) > i
; i
++) {
398 shuffle
^= time
& mask
;
403 * We add a lower boundary value to ensure we have a minimum
406 return (shuffle
+ (1<<min
));
410 * CPU Jitter noise source -- this is the noise source based on the CPU
411 * execution time jitter
413 * This function injects the individual bits of the time value into the
414 * entropy pool using a hash.
416 * ec [in] entropy collector
417 * time [in] time stamp to be injected
418 * stuck [in] Is the time stamp identified as stuck?
421 * updated hash context in the entropy collector or error code
423 static int jent_condition_data(struct rand_data
*ec
, __u64 time
, int stuck
)
425 #define SHA3_HASH_LOOP (1<<3)
428 unsigned int apt_observations
;
429 unsigned int apt_count
;
430 unsigned int apt_base
;
433 ec
->apt_observations
,
438 return jent_hash_time(ec
->hash_state
, time
, (u8
*)&addtl
, sizeof(addtl
),
439 SHA3_HASH_LOOP
, stuck
);
443 * Memory Access noise source -- this is a noise source based on variations in
444 * memory access times
446 * This function performs memory accesses which will add to the timing
447 * variations due to an unknown amount of CPU wait states that need to be
448 * added when accessing memory. The memory size should be larger than the L1
449 * caches as outlined in the documentation and the associated testing.
451 * The L1 cache has a very high bandwidth, albeit its access rate is usually
452 * slower than accessing CPU registers. Therefore, L1 accesses only add minimal
453 * variations as the CPU has hardly to wait. Starting with L2, significant
454 * variations are added because L2 typically does not belong to the CPU any more
455 * and therefore a wider range of CPU wait states is necessary for accesses.
456 * L3 and real memory accesses have even a wider range of wait states. However,
457 * to reliably access either L3 or memory, the ec->mem memory must be quite
458 * large which is usually not desirable.
460 * @ec [in] Reference to the entropy collector with the memory access data -- if
461 * the reference to the memory block to be accessed is NULL, this noise
463 * @loop_cnt [in] if a value not equal to 0 is set, use the given value
464 * number of loops to perform the LFSR
466 static void jent_memaccess(struct rand_data
*ec
, __u64 loop_cnt
)
468 unsigned int wrap
= 0;
470 #define MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT 7
471 #define MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT 0
473 jent_loop_shuffle(MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT
, MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT
);
475 if (NULL
== ec
|| NULL
== ec
->mem
)
477 wrap
= ec
->memblocksize
* ec
->memblocks
;
480 * testing purposes -- allow test app to set the counter, not
481 * needed during runtime
484 acc_loop_cnt
= loop_cnt
;
486 for (i
= 0; i
< (ec
->memaccessloops
+ acc_loop_cnt
); i
++) {
487 unsigned char *tmpval
= ec
->mem
+ ec
->memlocation
;
489 * memory access: just add 1 to one byte,
490 * wrap at 255 -- memory access implies read
491 * from and write to memory location
493 *tmpval
= (*tmpval
+ 1) & 0xff;
495 * Addition of memblocksize - 1 to pointer
496 * with wrap around logic to ensure that every
497 * memory location is hit evenly
499 ec
->memlocation
= ec
->memlocation
+ ec
->memblocksize
- 1;
500 ec
->memlocation
= ec
->memlocation
% wrap
;
504 /***************************************************************************
505 * Start of entropy processing logic
506 ***************************************************************************/
508 * This is the heart of the entropy generation: calculate time deltas and
509 * use the CPU jitter in the time deltas. The jitter is injected into the
512 * WARNING: ensure that ->prev_time is primed before using the output
513 * of this function! This can be done by calling this function
514 * and not using its result.
516 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
518 * @return result of stuck test
520 static int jent_measure_jitter(struct rand_data
*ec
, __u64
*ret_current_delta
)
523 __u64 current_delta
= 0;
526 /* Invoke one noise source before time measurement to add variations */
527 jent_memaccess(ec
, 0);
530 * Get time stamp and calculate time delta to previous
531 * invocation to measure the timing variations
533 jent_get_nstime(&time
);
534 current_delta
= jent_delta(ec
->prev_time
, time
);
535 ec
->prev_time
= time
;
537 /* Check whether we have a stuck measurement. */
538 stuck
= jent_stuck(ec
, current_delta
);
540 /* Now call the next noise sources which also injects the data */
541 if (jent_condition_data(ec
, current_delta
, stuck
))
544 /* return the raw entropy value */
545 if (ret_current_delta
)
546 *ret_current_delta
= current_delta
;
552 * Generator of one 64 bit random number
553 * Function fills rand_data->hash_state
555 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
557 static void jent_gen_entropy(struct rand_data
*ec
)
559 unsigned int k
= 0, safety_factor
= 0;
562 safety_factor
= JENT_ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR
;
564 /* priming of the ->prev_time value */
565 jent_measure_jitter(ec
, NULL
);
567 while (!jent_health_failure(ec
)) {
568 /* If a stuck measurement is received, repeat measurement */
569 if (jent_measure_jitter(ec
, NULL
))
573 * We multiply the loop value with ->osr to obtain the
574 * oversampling rate requested by the caller
576 if (++k
>= ((DATA_SIZE_BITS
+ safety_factor
) * ec
->osr
))
582 * Entry function: Obtain entropy for the caller.
584 * This function invokes the entropy gathering logic as often to generate
585 * as many bytes as requested by the caller. The entropy gathering logic
586 * creates 64 bit per invocation.
588 * This function truncates the last 64 bit entropy value output to the exact
589 * size specified by the caller.
591 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
592 * @data [in] pointer to buffer for storing random data -- buffer must already
594 * @len [in] size of the buffer, specifying also the requested number of random
597 * @return 0 when request is fulfilled or an error
599 * The following error codes can occur:
600 * -1 entropy_collector is NULL or the generation failed
601 * -2 Intermittent health failure
602 * -3 Permanent health failure
604 int jent_read_entropy(struct rand_data
*ec
, unsigned char *data
,
607 unsigned char *p
= data
;
613 unsigned int tocopy
, health_test_result
;
615 jent_gen_entropy(ec
);
617 health_test_result
= jent_health_failure(ec
);
618 if (health_test_result
> JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT
) {
620 * At this point, the Jitter RNG instance is considered
621 * as a failed instance. There is no rerun of the
622 * startup test any more, because the caller
623 * is assumed to not further use this instance.
626 } else if (health_test_result
) {
628 * Perform startup health tests and return permanent
631 if (jent_entropy_init(0, 0, NULL
, ec
)) {
632 /* Mark the permanent error */
633 ec
->health_failure
&=
634 JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT
|
635 JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT
;
642 tocopy
= min(DATA_SIZE_BITS
/ 8, len
);
643 if (jent_read_random_block(ec
->hash_state
, p
, tocopy
))
653 /***************************************************************************
654 * Initialization logic
655 ***************************************************************************/
657 struct rand_data
*jent_entropy_collector_alloc(unsigned int osr
,
661 struct rand_data
*entropy_collector
;
663 entropy_collector
= jent_zalloc(sizeof(struct rand_data
));
664 if (!entropy_collector
)
667 if (!(flags
& JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS
)) {
668 /* Allocate memory for adding variations based on memory
671 entropy_collector
->mem
= jent_kvzalloc(JENT_MEMORY_SIZE
);
672 if (!entropy_collector
->mem
) {
673 jent_zfree(entropy_collector
);
676 entropy_collector
->memblocksize
=
677 CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE
;
678 entropy_collector
->memblocks
=
679 CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKS
;
680 entropy_collector
->memaccessloops
= JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS
;
683 /* verify and set the oversampling rate */
685 osr
= 1; /* H_submitter = 1 / osr */
686 entropy_collector
->osr
= osr
;
687 entropy_collector
->flags
= flags
;
689 entropy_collector
->hash_state
= hash_state
;
691 /* Initialize the APT */
692 jent_apt_init(entropy_collector
, osr
);
694 /* fill the data pad with non-zero values */
695 jent_gen_entropy(entropy_collector
);
697 return entropy_collector
;
700 void jent_entropy_collector_free(struct rand_data
*entropy_collector
)
702 jent_kvzfree(entropy_collector
->mem
, JENT_MEMORY_SIZE
);
703 entropy_collector
->mem
= NULL
;
704 jent_zfree(entropy_collector
);
707 int jent_entropy_init(unsigned int osr
, unsigned int flags
, void *hash_state
,
708 struct rand_data
*p_ec
)
711 * If caller provides an allocated ec, reuse it which implies that the
712 * health test entropy data is used to further still the available
715 struct rand_data
*ec
= p_ec
;
716 int i
, time_backwards
= 0, ret
= 0, ec_free
= 0;
717 unsigned int health_test_result
;
720 ec
= jent_entropy_collector_alloc(osr
, flags
, hash_state
);
726 jent_apt_reset(ec
, 0);
727 /* Ensure that a new APT base is obtained */
728 ec
->apt_base_set
= 0;
731 /* Reset intermittent, leave permanent health test result */
732 ec
->health_failure
&= (~JENT_RCT_FAILURE
);
733 ec
->health_failure
&= (~JENT_APT_FAILURE
);
736 /* We could perform statistical tests here, but the problem is
737 * that we only have a few loop counts to do testing. These
738 * loop counts may show some slight skew and we produce
741 * Moreover, only old systems show potentially problematic
742 * jitter entropy that could potentially be caught here. But
743 * the RNG is intended for hardware that is available or widely
744 * used, but not old systems that are long out of favor. Thus,
745 * no statistical tests.
749 * We could add a check for system capabilities such as clock_getres or
750 * check for CONFIG_X86_TSC, but it does not make much sense as the
751 * following sanity checks verify that we have a high-resolution
755 * TESTLOOPCOUNT needs some loops to identify edge systems. 100 is
756 * definitely too little.
758 * SP800-90B requires at least 1024 initial test cycles.
760 #define TESTLOOPCOUNT 1024
761 #define CLEARCACHE 100
762 for (i
= 0; (TESTLOOPCOUNT
+ CLEARCACHE
) > i
; i
++) {
763 __u64 start_time
= 0, end_time
= 0, delta
= 0;
765 /* Invoke core entropy collection logic */
766 jent_measure_jitter(ec
, &delta
);
767 end_time
= ec
->prev_time
;
768 start_time
= ec
->prev_time
- delta
;
770 /* test whether timer works */
771 if (!start_time
|| !end_time
) {
777 * test whether timer is fine grained enough to provide
778 * delta even when called shortly after each other -- this
779 * implies that we also have a high resolution timer
781 if (!delta
|| (end_time
== start_time
)) {
782 ret
= JENT_ECOARSETIME
;
787 * up to here we did not modify any variable that will be
788 * evaluated later, but we already performed some work. Thus we
789 * already have had an impact on the caches, branch prediction,
790 * etc. with the goal to clear it to get the worst case
796 /* test whether we have an increasing timer */
797 if (!(end_time
> start_time
))
802 * we allow up to three times the time running backwards.
803 * CLOCK_REALTIME is affected by adjtime and NTP operations. Thus,
804 * if such an operation just happens to interfere with our test, it
805 * should not fail. The value of 3 should cover the NTP case being
806 * performed during our test run.
808 if (time_backwards
> 3) {
809 ret
= JENT_ENOMONOTONIC
;
813 /* Did we encounter a health test failure? */
814 health_test_result
= jent_health_failure(ec
);
815 if (health_test_result
) {
816 ret
= (health_test_result
& JENT_RCT_FAILURE
) ? JENT_ERCT
:
823 jent_entropy_collector_free(ec
);