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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
	"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] pc: hide linuxboot RNG seed behind a machine property
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:25:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABgObfa0dr3H7tr8S5L+pLjFyJUMP7rVTPxr4senHDfofBq1RA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220810130346-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>

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Il mer 10 ago 2022, 19:06 Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> ha scritto:

> > @@ -1387,6 +1405,7 @@ static void x86_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
> >      x86ms->acpi = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
> >      x86ms->pit = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
> >      x86ms->pic = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
> > +    x86ms->linuxboot_randomness = ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF;
> >      x86ms->pci_irq_mask = ACPI_BUILD_PCI_IRQS;
> >      x86ms->oem_id = g_strndup(ACPI_BUILD_APPNAME6, 6);
> >      x86ms->oem_table_id = g_strndup(ACPI_BUILD_APPNAME8, 8);
>
>
> This is a weird thing to do in that there's no way to make it auto now.
>

Sure, -M x-linuxboot-randomness=auto works. And making it already
on/off/auto will limit future patches to the injection logic rather than
the QOM boilerplate.

Paolo

And in that case, let's just make it a simple boolean property for now?
>
> > @@ -1426,6 +1445,12 @@ static void x86_machine_class_init(ObjectClass
> *oc, void *data)
> >      object_class_property_set_description(oc, X86_MACHINE_PIT,
> >          "Enable i8254 PIT");
> >
> > +    object_class_property_add(oc, X86_MACHINE_LINUXBOOT_RANDOMNESS,
> "OnOffAuto",
> > +        x86_machine_get_linuxboot_randomness,
> x86_machine_set_linuxboot_randomness,
> > +        NULL, NULL);
> > +    object_class_property_set_description(oc,
> X86_MACHINE_LINUXBOOT_RANDOMNESS,
> > +        "Pass random number seed to -kernel Linux image");
> > +
> >      object_class_property_add(oc, X86_MACHINE_PIC, "OnOffAuto",
> >                                x86_machine_get_pic,
> >                                x86_machine_set_pic,
> > diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> > index 8435733bd6..9cc3f5d338 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> > @@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ struct PCMachineClass {
> >
> >      /* create kvmclock device even when KVM PV features are not exposed
> */
> >      bool kvmclock_create_always;
> > -
> > -    /* skip passing an rng seed for legacy machines */
> > -    bool legacy_no_rng_seed;
> >  };
> >
> >  #define TYPE_PC_MACHINE "generic-pc-machine"
> > diff --git a/include/hw/i386/x86.h b/include/hw/i386/x86.h
> > index 62fa5774f8..d7a2eb6f1c 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/i386/x86.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/i386/x86.h
> > @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct X86MachineState {
> >      OnOffAuto acpi;
> >      OnOffAuto pit;
> >      OnOffAuto pic;
> > +    OnOffAuto linuxboot_randomness;
> >
> >      char *oem_id;
> >      char *oem_table_id;
> > @@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ struct X86MachineState {
> >  #define X86_MACHINE_OEM_ID           "x-oem-id"
> >  #define X86_MACHINE_OEM_TABLE_ID     "x-oem-table-id"
> >  #define X86_MACHINE_BUS_LOCK_RATELIMIT  "bus-lock-ratelimit"
> > +#define X86_MACHINE_LINUXBOOT_RANDOMNESS "x-linuxboot-randomness"
> >
> >  #define TYPE_X86_MACHINE   MACHINE_TYPE_NAME("x86")
> >  OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(X86MachineState, X86MachineClass, X86_MACHINE)
> > @@ -126,8 +128,7 @@ void x86_bios_rom_init(MachineState *ms, const char
> *default_firmware,
> >  void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
> >                      FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
> >                      int acpi_data_size,
> > -                    bool pvh_enabled,
> > -                    bool legacy_no_rng_seed);
> > +                    bool pvh_enabled);
> >
> >  bool x86_machine_is_smm_enabled(const X86MachineState *x86ms);
> >  bool x86_machine_is_acpi_enabled(const X86MachineState *x86ms);
> > --
> > 2.37.1
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-10 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-10 16:59 [PATCH v3] pc: hide linuxboot RNG seed behind a machine property Paolo Bonzini
2022-08-10 17:06 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-08-10 19:25   ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2022-08-10 21:09     ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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