hwrng: core - introduce rng_quality sysfs attribute
The rng_quality sysfs attribute returns the quality setting for the currently active hw_random device, in entropy bits per 1024 bits of input. Storing a value between 0 and 1024 to this file updates this estimate accordingly. Based on the updates to the quality setting, the rngd kernel thread may be stopped (if no hw_random device is trusted to return entropy), may be started (if the quality setting is increased from zero), or may use a different hw_random source (if that has higher quality output). Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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