Re: [PATCH tip v8] x86/setup: Use rng seeds from setup_data

["Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>]

Hi Peter,

On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 06:51:16PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 7/8/22 04:39, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
> > index ca0796ac4403..2cbfe630230d 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
> > @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> >   #define SETUP_JAILHOUSE			6
> >   #define SETUP_CC_BLOB			7
> >   #define SETUP_IMA			8
> > +#define SETUP_RNG_SEED			9
> >   
> >   #define SETUP_INDIRECT			(1<<31)
> >   
> 
> Just one miss here: you need to bump SETUP_TYPE_MAX. It is a bit more 
> confusing than it needs to be that SETUP_INDIRECT sits in between, and 
> honestly I think SETUP_TYPE_MAX shouldn't include the SETUP_INDIRECT 
> bit; however, this is uapi and so we can't change that per se.
> 
> Perhaps we should do:
> 
> #define SETUP_ENUM_MAX	SETUP_RNG_SEED
> #define SETUP_INDIRECT	(1<<31)
> #define SETUP_TYPE_MAX	(SETUP_ENUM_MAX | SETUP_INDIRECT)

Thanks, nice catch. I'll do exactly that. v+1 incoming.

Jason