2 * This file is part of the Linux kernel.
4 * Copyright (c) 2011, Intel Corporation
5 * Authors: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
6 * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
9 * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
10 * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
12 * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
13 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
14 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
18 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
19 * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
23 #include <asm/processor.h>
24 #include <asm/archrandom.h>
25 #include <asm/sections.h>
27 static int __init
x86_rdrand_setup(char *s
)
29 setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND
);
30 setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RDSEED
);
33 __setup("nordrand", x86_rdrand_setup
);
36 * RDRAND has Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) that runs on every invocation.
37 * Run the instruction a few times as a sanity check.
38 * If it fails, it is simple to disable RDRAND here.
40 #define SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS 8
42 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM
43 void x86_init_rdrand(struct cpuinfo_x86
*c
)
48 if (!cpu_has(c
, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND
))
51 for (i
= 0; i
< SANITY_CHECK_LOOPS
; i
++) {
52 if (!rdrand_long(&tmp
)) {
53 clear_cpu_cap(c
, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND
);
54 pr_warn_once("rdrand: disabled\n");