linux-kernel - [PATCH] hwrng: Explicitly drop current

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:26:27 -0800
From:   Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH] hwrng: Explicitly drop current_rng when unregistering rng device

When the currently in-use hw rng is being removed from the system,
explicitly drop it before using enable_best_rng as enable_best_rng
will not do anything if the list of avaialble RNGs is empty.

Without this, the last RNG removed from the system will never get
cleaned up and hwrng_unregister will hang.

Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 657b8770b6b9..8df3f9f147e2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -515,8 +515,10 @@ void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng)
 	mutex_lock(&rng_mutex);
 
 	list_del(&rng->list);
-	if (current_rng == rng)
+	if (current_rng == rng) {
+		drop_current_rng();
 		enable_best_rng();
+	}
 
 	if (list_empty(&rng_list)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
-- 
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