machine/qemu*: fix kernel finish crng init more and more slowly

Just adding `-device virtio-rng-pci' to the QEMU invocation will
add the device with a default host backend. As of QEMU 1.3+,
the default backend is to use the host's /dev/random as a
source of entropy. [1]

When the entropy pool is empty, reads from /dev/random will
block until additional environmental noise is gathered. [2]

For Yocto, if call runqemu frequently, it will consume lots
of host's /dev/random, and kernel finish crng init in guest get
more and more slowly.

Here are 4 times runqemu boot test:

[    3.464432] random: crng init done
[   20.874030] random: crng init done
[   23.583589] random: crng init done
[   23.858945] random: crng init done

Modify entropy source to /dev/urandom device on the host which
returns random bytes using a pseudorandom number generator seeded
from the entropy pool. Reads from this device do not block and
kernel finish crng init in guest will not delay.

Of course, the side effect is obviously, we lost the quality of
randomness, but the modification is only on runqemu script
rather than real embedded device, and it benefits oeqa efficiency
in which many cases call runqemu especially multiple oeqa builds
on one host.

After apply the fix:

[    3.364670] random: crng init done
[    4.619061] random: crng init done
[    3.403897] random: crng init done
[    3.450717] random: crng init done

[1] https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/VirtIORNG
[2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/random.4.html

Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
index 7d9fa52da656099790082a3cbcb7b3840aa16cb2..75bb98861f865deac4265c1f14c6518b98ea73b8 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-mips.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ IMAGE_CLASSES += "qemuboot"
 QB_MEM = "-m 256"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine malta"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyS0 console=tty"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga cirrus -show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga cirrus -show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet -device virtio-rng-pci"
+QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-${TUNE_ARCH}"

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
index 1456bf7e8bc0d016358f594111c9ee3224e99191..5fdbe4df50e6b02aeb4f0a39359c7ae44e59c0d2 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ QB_CPU_KVM_x86-64 = "-cpu core2duo"
 QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
 QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "vga=0 uvesafb.mode_option=${UVESA_MODE} oprofile.timer=1 uvesafb.task_timeout=-1"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga vmware -show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-vga vmware -show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet -device virtio-rng-pci"
+QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 
 UVESA_MODE ?= "640x480-32"

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
index d2f2c85c3fa445f1af2c05e9707490e1440339b7..a54431262738f34e3f71332fc0033db6d9ca7b5d 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyAMA0 115200;ttyAMA1"
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine versatilepb"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet -device virtio-rng-pci"
+QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "4.18%"
 QB_DTB = "${@oe.utils.version_less_or_equal('PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto', '4.7', '', 'zImage-versatile-pb.dtb', d)}"

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
index 242889ac8a5a23544662511906b47bf2945febf0..34fcd2aed0a36e14ecf88a3b7353ae2a9e587e19 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ QB_MACHINE = "-machine virt"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu cortex-a57"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0,38400"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -device virtio-rng-pci -monitor null"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -monitor null"
+# Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
+QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 QB_TAP_OPT = "-netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=@TAP@,script=no,downscript=no"
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE = "-device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
 QB_ROOTFS_OPT = "-drive id=disk0,file=@ROOTFS@,if=none,format=raw -device virtio-blk-device,drive=disk0"

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
index 537b2f6774f3c84e41fe1e1383e9dcd234f7769e..743d26170e734f3d925c2bd261379616781948b1 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-ppc"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine mac99"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu G4"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=tty console=ttyS0"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet -device virtio-rng-pci"
+QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 QB_TAP_OPT = "-netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=@TAP@,script=no,downscript=no"