android_kernel_lge_bullhead/drivers/block/rsxx
Mike Snitzer 30046ef03c UPSTREAM: block: disable entropy contributions for nonrot devices
(cherry picked from commit b277da0a8a594308e17881f4926879bd5fca2a2d)

Clear QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM in all block drivers that set
QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT.

Historically, all block devices have automatically made entropy
contributions.  But as previously stated in commit e2e1a148 ("block: add
sysfs knob for turning off disk entropy contributions"):
    - On SSD disks, the completion times aren't as random as they
      are for rotational drives. So it's questionable whether they
      should contribute to the random pool in the first place.
    - Calling add_disk_randomness() has a lot of overhead.

There are more reliable sources for randomness than non-rotational block
devices.  From a security perspective it is better to err on the side of
caution than to allow entropy contributions from unreliable "random"
sources.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2016-02-10 01:37:31 +00:00
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Makefile block: IBM RamSan 70/80 branding changes. 2013-03-11 19:53:55 +01:00
config.c block: IBM RamSan 70/80 branding changes. 2013-03-11 19:53:55 +01:00
core.c rsxx: enable error return of rsxx_eeh_save_issued_dmas() 2013-03-26 14:48:11 -06:00
cregs.c Adding in EEH support to the IBM FlashSystem 70/80 device driver 2013-03-16 08:22:25 +01:00
dev.c UPSTREAM: block: disable entropy contributions for nonrot devices 2016-02-10 01:37:31 +00:00
dma.c rsxx: remove unused variable 2013-03-26 14:48:12 -06:00
rsxx.h block: IBM RamSan 70/80 trivial changes. 2013-03-11 19:53:55 +01:00
rsxx_cfg.h block: IBM RamSan 70/80 branding changes. 2013-03-11 19:53:55 +01:00
rsxx_priv.h rsxx: enable error return of rsxx_eeh_save_issued_dmas() 2013-03-26 14:48:11 -06:00