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

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Message-ID: <87shag1ena.fsf@keithp.com>
Date:   Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:08:57 -0800
From:   "Keith Packard" <keithp@...thp.com>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: Explicitly drop current_rng when unregistering rng device

Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com> writes:

> A similar fix was already in the cryptodev tree and I thought was part of
> a recent pull request.

Yup, just saw it on master. I've checked and it will do pretty much the
same thing as my patch, with the addition of clearing
cur_rng_set_by_user, which is necessary. Thanks for looking at my patch!

-- 
-keith

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