Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random
Pull random fixes from Ted Ts'o:
"Fix a circular locking dependency in random's collection of cputime
used by a thread when it exits."
* tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
random: fix locking dependency with the tasklist_lock
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 594bda9..32a6c57 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@
int reserved)
{
unsigned long flags;
+ int wakeup_write = 0;
/* Hold lock while accounting */
spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags);
@@ -873,10 +874,8 @@
else
r->entropy_count = reserved;
- if (r->entropy_count < random_write_wakeup_thresh) {
- wake_up_interruptible(&random_write_wait);
- kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
- }
+ if (r->entropy_count < random_write_wakeup_thresh)
+ wakeup_write = 1;
}
DEBUG_ENT("debiting %zu entropy credits from %s%s\n",
@@ -884,6 +883,11 @@
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&r->lock, flags);
+ if (wakeup_write) {
+ wake_up_interruptible(&random_write_wait);
+ kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
+ }
+
return nbytes;
}
