Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755920AbaGILx1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 07:53:27 -0400 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:31220 "EHLO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751574AbaGILxZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 07:53:25 -0400 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Originating-IP: 96.249.243.124 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19Yepa1/ks4rvipL+L30VEB2vmz0PhhNfE= X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.0.1 titan C8FD95A66FA Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 07:53:17 -0400 From: Jason Cooper To: Amit Shah Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Virtualization List , Rusty Russell , herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, keescook@chromium.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] hwrng: fetch randomness only after device init Message-ID: <20140709115317.GM13433@titan.lakedaemon.net> References: <515a12ecc5fca5452bf0bfda4d54546d8fb5829c.1404538109.git.amit.shah@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <515a12ecc5fca5452bf0bfda4d54546d8fb5829c.1404538109.git.amit.shah@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 11:04:52AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > Commit d9e7972619334 "hwrng: add randomness to system from rng sources" > added a call to rng_get_data() from the hwrng_register() function. > However, some rng devices need initialization before data can be read > from them. > > This commit makes the call to rng_get_data() depend on no init fn > pointer being registered by the device. If an init function is > registered, this call is made after device init. > > CC: Kees Cook > CC: Jason Cooper > CC: Herbert Xu > CC: # For v3.15+ > Signed-off-by: Amit Shah > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Thanks for cleaning this up! Reviewed-by: Jason Cooper thx, Jason. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/