x86, random: Verify RDRAND functionality and allow it to be disabled
authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:02:19 +0000 (14:02 -0700)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:02:19 +0000 (14:02 -0700)
If the CPU declares that RDRAND is available, go through a guranteed
reseed sequence, and make sure that it is actually working (producing
data.)   If it does not, disable the CPU feature flag.

Allow RDRAND to be disabled on the command line (as opposed to at
compile time) for a user who has special requirements with regards to
random numbers.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

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