linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] random: fix some data races

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Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:41:55 -0600
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A . Donenfeld " <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] random: fix some data races

This series fixes some data races in random.c.

Changed v1 => v2:
   - Remove unneeded 'inline' keywords
   - Use READ_ONCE() instead of smp_load_acquire()
   - Updated commit message
   - Added patch to fix data race on crng init time

Eric Biggers (2):
  random: fix data race on crng_node_pool
  random: fix data race on crng init time

 drivers/char/random.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

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2.34.1