Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755740AbaGIN0A (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 09:26:00 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:25718 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752726AbaGINZ7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 09:25:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 18:55:24 +0530 From: Amit Shah To: Jason Cooper 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: <20140709132524.GB4667@grmbl.mre> References: <515a12ecc5fca5452bf0bfda4d54546d8fb5829c.1404538109.git.amit.shah@redhat.com> <20140709115317.GM13433@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20140709130822.GA4553@grmbl.mre> <20140709131737.GO13433@titan.lakedaemon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140709131737.GO13433@titan.lakedaemon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On (Wed) 09 Jul 2014 [09:17:37], Jason Cooper wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 06:38:22PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > > On (Wed) 09 Jul 2014 [07:53:17], Jason Cooper wrote: > > > 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! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Any thoughts on the follow-up patch posted later that resolves some of > > the weirdness in init? > > hmm, I'd rather see an init function for virtio-rng that checks the bit > and returns 0 or -EAGAIN. With your proposed change, you would get > hangs again. Confused; I meant the patch in https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/7/58 Amit -- 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/