[PATCH 4/5] hwrng: core - Drop current rng in set_current_rng

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Dec 23 2014 - 00:41:43 EST


Rather than having callers of set_current_rng call drop_current_rng,
we can do it directly in set_current_rng.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 1d342f0..787ef42 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ module_param(default_quality, ushort, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(default_quality,
"default entropy content of hwrng per mill");

+static void drop_current_rng(void);
static void start_khwrngd(void);

static inline int rng_get_data(struct hwrng *rng, u8 *buffer, size_t size,
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref)
static void set_current_rng(struct hwrng *rng)
{
BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&rng_mutex));
+ drop_current_rng();
current_rng = rng;
}

@@ -315,7 +317,6 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev,
err = hwrng_init(rng);
if (err)
break;
- drop_current_rng();
set_current_rng(rng);
err = 0;
break;
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