efi_entropy.c

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 * Copyright (C) 2015 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
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FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );

#include <errno.h>
#include <ipxe/entropy.h>
#include <ipxe/profile.h>
#include <ipxe/efi/efi.h>

/** @file
 *
 * EFI entropy source
 *
 */

struct entropy_source efitick_entropy __entropy_source ( ENTROPY_FALLBACK );

/** Time (in 100ns units) to delay waiting for timer tick
 *
 * In theory, UEFI allows us to specify a trigger time of zero to
 * simply wait for the next timer tick.  In practice, specifying zero
 * seems to often return immediately, which produces almost no
 * entropy.  Specify a delay of 1000ns to try to force an existent
 * delay.
 */
#define EFI_ENTROPY_TRIGGER_TIME 10

/** Event used to wait for timer tick */
static EFI_EVENT tick;

/**
 * Enable entropy gathering
 *
 * @ret rc              Return status code
 */
static int efi_entropy_enable ( void ) {
        EFI_BOOT_SERVICES *bs = efi_systab->BootServices;
        EFI_STATUS efirc;
        int rc;

        /* Drop to external TPL to allow timer tick event to take place */
        bs->RestoreTPL ( efi_external_tpl );

        /* Create timer tick event */
        if ( ( efirc = bs->CreateEvent ( EVT_TIMER, TPL_NOTIFY, NULL, NULL,
                                         &tick ) ) != 0 ) {
                rc = -EEFI ( efirc );
                DBGC ( &tick, "ENTROPY could not create event: %s\n",
                       strerror ( rc ) );
                return rc;
        }

        /* We use essentially the same mechanism as for the BIOS
         * RTC-based entropy source, and so assume the same
         * min-entropy per sample.
         */
        entropy_init ( &efitick_entropy, MIN_ENTROPY ( 1.3 ) );

        return 0;
}

/**
 * Disable entropy gathering
 *
 */
static void efi_entropy_disable ( void ) {
        EFI_BOOT_SERVICES *bs = efi_systab->BootServices;

        /* Close timer tick event */
        bs->CloseEvent ( tick );

        /* Return to internal TPL */
        bs->RaiseTPL ( efi_internal_tpl );
}

/**
 * Wait for a timer tick
 *
 * @ret low             CPU profiling low-order bits, or negative error
 */
static int efi_entropy_tick ( void ) {
        EFI_BOOT_SERVICES *bs = efi_systab->BootServices;
        UINTN index;
        uint16_t low;
        EFI_STATUS efirc;
        int rc;

        /* Wait for next timer tick */
        if ( ( efirc = bs->SetTimer ( tick, TimerRelative,
                                      EFI_ENTROPY_TRIGGER_TIME ) ) != 0 ) {
                rc = -EEFI ( efirc );
                DBGC ( &tick, "ENTROPY could not set timer: %s\n",
                       strerror ( rc ) );
                return rc;
        }
        if ( ( efirc = bs->WaitForEvent ( 1, &tick, &index ) ) != 0 ) {
                rc = -EEFI ( efirc );
                DBGC ( &tick, "ENTROPY could not wait for timer tick: %s\n",
                       strerror ( rc ) );
                return rc;
        }

        /* Get current CPU profiling timestamp low-order bits */
        low = profile_timestamp();

        return low;
}

/**
 * Get noise sample from timer ticks
 *
 * @ret noise           Noise sample
 * @ret rc              Return status code
 */
static int efi_get_noise ( noise_sample_t *noise ) {
        int before;
        int after;
        int rc;

        /* Wait for a timer tick */
        before = efi_entropy_tick();
        if ( before < 0 ) {
                rc = before;
                return rc;
        }

        /* Wait for another timer tick */
        after = efi_entropy_tick();
        if ( after < 0 ) {
                rc = after;
                return rc;
        }

        /* Use TSC delta as noise sample */
        *noise = ( after - before );

        return 0;
}

/** EFI entropy source */
struct entropy_source efitick_entropy __entropy_source ( ENTROPY_FALLBACK ) = {
        .name = "efitick",
        .enable = efi_entropy_enable,
        .disable = efi_entropy_disable,
        .get_noise = efi_get_noise,
};