block: disable entropy contributions for nonrot devices
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>
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
index 6969d39..9e0de9c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@
goto out;
}
queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, xpram_queues[i]);
+ queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, xpram_queues[i]);
blk_queue_make_request(xpram_queues[i], xpram_make_request);
blk_queue_logical_block_size(xpram_queues[i], 4096);
}