2007-01-05 18:48:50

by Jeff Dike

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Subject: [PATCH 3/9] UML - Locking commentary in the random driver

Comment the lack of locking.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <[email protected]>
--
arch/um/drivers/random.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/random.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/random.c 2006-12-29 12:20:14.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/random.c 2007-01-01 13:12:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static const struct file_operations rng_
.read = rng_dev_read,
};

+/* rng_init shouldn't be called more than once at boot time */
static struct miscdevice rng_miscdev = {
RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR,
RNG_MODULE_NAME,