From 5b739ef8a4e8cf5201d21abff897e292c232477b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Horman Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:50:21 +0800 Subject: random: Add optional continuous repetition test to entropy store based rngs FIPS-140 requires that all random number generators implement continuous self tests in which each extracted block of data is compared against the last block for repetition. The ansi_cprng implements such a test, but it would be nice if the hw rng's did the same thing. Obviously its not something thats always needed, but it seems like it would be a nice feature to have on occasion. I've written the below patch which allows individual entropy stores to be flagged as desiring a continuous test to be run on them as is extracted. By default this option is off, but is enabled in the event that fips mode is selected during bootup. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman Acked-by: Matt Mackall Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- include/linux/fips.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/linux/fips.h (limited to 'include/linux/fips.h') diff --git a/include/linux/fips.h b/include/linux/fips.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8fb07b --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/fips.h @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +#ifndef _FIPS_H +#define _FIPS_H + +#ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS +extern int fips_enabled; +#else +#define fips_enabled 0 +#endif + +#endif -- cgit v1.1