Revert "efi: random: refresh non-volatile random seed when RNG is initialized"

69cbeb61 · Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> · 2023-06-21 10:58:46 -07:00

This reverts commit e7b813b32a42a3a6281a4fd9ae7700a0257c1d50 (and the
subsequent fix for it: 41a15855c1ee "efi: random: fix NULL-deref when
refreshing seed").

It turns otu to cause non-deterministic boot stalls on at least a HP
6730b laptop.

Reported-and-bisected-by: Sami Korkalainen <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/GQUnKz2al3yke5mB2i1kp3SzNHjK8vi6KJEh7rnLrOQ24OrlljeCyeWveLW9pICEmB9Qc8PKdNt3w1t_g3-Uvxq1l8Wj67PpoMeWDoH8PKk=@proton.me/
Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <[email protected]>
Cc: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

Commit: 69cbeb61ff9093a9155cb19a36d633033f71093a
Parents: 2214170c

Changes

1 files changed · +0 −21

File	Status	Add	Del	Content
drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c	modified	+0	−21	View file

drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c

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diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index abeff7d..34b9e78 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -361,24 +361,6 @@ static void __init efi_debugfs_init(void)
 static inline void efi_debugfs_init(void) {}
 #endif
 
-static void refresh_nv_rng_seed(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	u8 seed[EFI_RANDOM_SEED_SIZE];
-
-	get_random_bytes(seed, sizeof(seed));
-	efi.set_variable(L"RandomSeed", &LINUX_EFI_RANDOM_SEED_TABLE_GUID,
-			 EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
-			 EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS, sizeof(seed), seed);
-	memzero_explicit(seed, sizeof(seed));
-}
-static int refresh_nv_rng_seed_notification(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *data)
-{
-	static DECLARE_WORK(work, refresh_nv_rng_seed);
-	schedule_work(&work);
-	return NOTIFY_DONE;
-}
-static struct notifier_block refresh_nv_rng_seed_nb = { .notifier_call = refresh_nv_rng_seed_notification };
-
 /*
  * We register the efi subsystem with the firmware subsystem and the
  * efivars subsystem with the efi subsystem, if the system was booted with
@@ -451,9 +433,6 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 		platform_device_register_simple("efi_secret", 0, NULL, 0);
 #endif
 
-	if (efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_SET_VARIABLE))
-		execute_with_initialized_rng(&refresh_nv_rng_seed_nb);
-
 	return 0;
 
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