kernel: make the RANDSTRUCT seed deterministic

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index 6adc3a33bb06..4b570c1fe940 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ let
 
       inherit src;
 
-      patches = map (p: p.patch) kernelPatches;
+      patches =
+        map (p: p.patch) kernelPatches
+        # Required for deterministic builds along with some postPatch magic.
+        ++ optional (stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast version "4.13") ./randstruct-provide-seed.patch;
 
       prePatch = ''
         for mf in $(find -name Makefile -o -name Makefile.include -o -name install.sh); do
@@ -99,6 +102,19 @@ let
         sed -i scripts/ld-version.sh -e "s|/usr/bin/awk|${buildPackages.gawk}/bin/awk|"
       '';
 
+      postPatch = ''
+        # Set randstruct seed to a deterministic but diversified value. Note:
+        # we could have instead patched gen-random-seed.sh to take input from
+        # the buildFlags, but that would require also patching the kernel's
+        # toplevel Makefile to add a variable export. This would be likely to
+        # cause future patch conflicts.
+        if [ -f scripts/gcc-plugins/gen-random-seed.sh ]; then
+          substituteInPlace scripts/gcc-plugins/gen-random-seed.sh \
+            --replace NIXOS_RANDSTRUCT_SEED \
+            $(echo ${src} ${configfile} | sha256sum | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tr -d '\n')
+        fi
+      '';
+
       configurePhase = ''
         runHook preConfigure