Re: [PATCH v2] hwrng: core - Allow runtime disabling of the HW RNG

From: Herbert Xu

Date: Mon Sep 22 2025 - 23:43:26 EST


On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 05:02:15PM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index 018316f54621..1682a9f1b28c 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ static ssize_t rng_current_store(struct device *dev,
> if (sysfs_streq(buf, "")) {
> err = enable_best_rng();
> + } else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "none")) {
> + if (current_rng)
> + cur_rng_set_by_user = 1;

Shouldn't this be set unconditionally?

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