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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100
commitb10778a00d40b3d9fdaaf5891e802794781ff71c (patch)
tree6ba4cbac86eecedc3f30650e7f764ecf00c83898 /include/linux/hw_random.h
parent594081ee7145cc30a3977cb4e218f81213b63dc5 (diff)
parentbfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9 (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.17' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/hw_random.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/hw_random.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h
index b4b0eef5fdd..914bb08cd73 100644
--- a/include/linux/hw_random.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
* @read: New API. drivers can fill up to max bytes of data
* into the buffer. The buffer is aligned for any type.
* @priv: Private data, for use by the RNG driver.
+ * @quality: Estimation of true entropy in RNG's bitstream
+ * (per mill).
*/
struct hwrng {
const char *name;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ struct hwrng {
int (*data_read)(struct hwrng *rng, u32 *data);
int (*read)(struct hwrng *rng, void *data, size_t max, bool wait);
unsigned long priv;
+ unsigned short quality;
/* internal. */
struct list_head list;
@@ -47,5 +50,7 @@ struct hwrng {
extern int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng);
/** Unregister a Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */
extern void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng);
+/** Feed random bits into the pool. */
+extern void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count, size_t entropy);
#endif /* LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ */