Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] hw_random: fix unregister race.

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Mon Nov 10 2014 - 08:48:00 EST


On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 11:56:24PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
>
> @@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref)
>
> if (rng->cleanup)
> rng->cleanup(rng);

You need a compiler barrier here to prevent reordering.

> + rng->cleanup_done = true;

Thanks,
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