On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 03:30:22PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote: > add_early_randomness() is called every time a new rng backend is added > and every time it is set as the current rng provider. > > add_early_randomness() is called from functions locking rng_mutex, > and if it hangs all the hw_random framework hangs: we can't read sysfs, > add or remove a backend. > > This patch move add_early_randomness() out of the rng_mutex zone. > It only needs the reading_mutex. > > Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lviv...@redhat.com> > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herb...@gondor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
