block: disable entropy contributions for nonrot devices
Clear QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM in all block drivers that set
QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT.
Historically, all block devices have automatically made entropy
contributions. But as previously stated in commit e2e1a148 ("block: add
sysfs knob for turning off disk entropy contributions"):
- On SSD disks, the completion times aren't as random as they
are for rotational drives. So it's questionable whether they
should contribute to the random pool in the first place.
- Calling add_disk_randomness() has a lot of overhead.
There are more reliable sources for randomness than non-rotational block
devices. From a security perspective it is better to err on the side of
caution than to allow entropy contributions from unreliable "random"
sources.
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index d4713d0..4dd2bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@
q->limits.logical_block_size = block_size;
q->limits.physical_block_size = block_size;
set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &d->disk->queue->queue_flags);
+ clear_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, &d->disk->queue->queue_flags);
set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, &d->disk->queue->queue_flags);
blk_queue_flush(q, REQ_FLUSH|REQ_FUA);