Re: newfs silently fails if random is not ready (?)

From: Conrad Meyer <cem_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 08:40:17 -0700
Differential up here: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17049 for any
lurkers I didn't manage to tag in the review.

Best,
Conrad

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:57 AM, Mark R V Murray <markm_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> Nice catch! Thanks :-)
>
> M
>
>
>> On 5 Sep 2018, at 04:13, Conrad Meyer <cem_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Lev,
>>
>> I took a first attempt at reproducing this problem on a fast
>> desktop-class system.  First steps, give us a way to revert back to
>> unseeded status:
>>
>> --- a/sys/dev/random/fortuna.c
>> +++ b/sys/dev/random/fortuna.c
>> _at__at_ -39,6 +39,7 _at__at_ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
>>
>> #ifdef _KERNEL
>> #include <sys/param.h>
>> +#include <sys/fail.h>
>> #include <sys/kernel.h>
>> #include <sys/lock.h>
>> #include <sys/malloc.h>
>> _at__at_ -384,6 +385,17 _at__at_ random_fortuna_pre_read(void)
>>                return;
>>        }
>>
>> +       /*
>> +        * When set, pretend we do not have enough entropy to reseed yet.
>> +        */
>> +       KFAIL_POINT_CODE(DEBUG_FP, random_fortuna_pre_read, {
>> +               if (RETURN_VALUE != 0) {
>> +                       RANDOM_RESEED_UNLOCK();
>> +                       return;
>> +               }
>> +       });
>> +
>> +
>> #ifdef _KERNEL
>>        fortuna_state.fs_lasttime = now;
>> #endif
>> _at__at_ -442,5 +454,11 _at__at_ bool
>> random_fortuna_seeded(void)
>> {
>>
>> +       /* When set, act as if we are not seeded. */
>> +       KFAIL_POINT_CODE(DEBUG_FP, random_fortuna_seeded, {
>> +               if (RETURN_VALUE != 0)
>> +                       fortuna_state.fs_counter = UINT128_ZERO;
>> +       });
>> +
>>        return (!uint128_is_zero(fortuna_state.fs_counter));
>> }
>>
>>
>> Second step, enable the failpoints and launch repro program:
>>
>> $ sudo sysctl debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_pre_read='return(1)'
>> debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_pre_read: off -> return(1)
>> $ sudo sysctl debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_seeded='return(1)'
>> debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_seeded: off -> return(1)
>>
>> $ cat ./blocked_random_poc.c
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <stdlib.h>
>> #include <unistd.h>
>>
>> int
>> main(int argc, char **argv)
>> {
>>        printf("%x\n", arc4random());
>>        return (0);
>> }
>>
>>
>> $ ./blocked_random_poc
>> ...
>>
>>
>> Third step, I looked at what that process was doing:
>>
>> Curiously, it is not in getrandom() at all, but instead the ARND
>> sysctl fallback.  I probably need to rebuild world (libc) to test this
>> (new libc arc4random based on Chacha).
>>
>> $ procstat -kk 1196
>>  PID    TID COMM                TDNAME              KSTACK
>> 1196 100435 blocked_random_poc  -                   read_random+0x3d
>> sysctl_kern_arnd+0x3a sysctl_root_handler_locked+0x89
>> sysctl_root.isra.8+0x167 userland_sysctl+0x126 sys___sysctl+0x7b
>> amd64_syscall+0x940 fast_syscall_common+0x101
>>
>>
>> When I unblocked the failpoints, it completed successfully:
>>
>> $ sudo sysctl debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_pre_read='off'
>> debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_pre_read: return(1) -> off
>> $ sudo sysctl debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_seeded=off
>> debug.fail_point.random_fortuna_seeded: return(1) -> off
>>
>> ...
>> 9e5eb30f
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Conrad
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>
> --
> Mark R V Murray
>
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