Mike Snitzer b277da0a8a 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>		2014-10-04 10:55:32 -06:00
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Kconfig	Remove GENERIC_HARDIRQ config option	2013-09-13 15:09:52 +02:00
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mtip32xx.c	block: disable entropy contributions for nonrot devices	2014-10-04 10:55:32 -06:00
mtip32xx.h	mtip32xx: minor performance enhancements	2014-06-06 13:28:48 -06:00