Re: [PATCH] hw_random: don't wait on add_early_randomness()

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Sep 17 2019 - 08:40:30 EST


On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:54:50AM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> add_early_randomness() is called by hwrng_register() when the
> hardware is added. If this hardware and its module are present
> at boot, and if there is no data available the boot hangs until
> data are available and can't be interrupted.
>
> To avoid that, call rng_get_data() in non-blocking mode (wait=0)
> from add_early_randomness().
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Please provide more context in your patch description such as which
driver actually causes a hang here.

Thanks,
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