Re: [PATCH 1/5] hwrng: core - Use struct completion for cleanup_done

[Rusty Russell]

Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> There is no point in doing a manual completion for cleanup_done
> when struct completion fits in perfectly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Indeed.

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Rusty.

> ---
>
>  drivers/char/hw_random/core.c |   12 +++---------
>  include/linux/hw_random.h     |    3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index 6ec4225..3dba2cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(rng_mutex);
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(reading_mutex);
>  static int data_avail;
>  static u8 *rng_buffer, *rng_fillbuf;
> -static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(rng_done);
>  static unsigned short current_quality;
>  static unsigned short default_quality; /* = 0; default to "off" */
>  
> @@ -100,10 +99,7 @@ static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref)
>  	if (rng->cleanup)
>  		rng->cleanup(rng);
>  
> -	/* cleanup_done should be updated after cleanup finishes */
> -	smp_wmb();
> -	rng->cleanup_done = true;
> -	wake_up_all(&rng_done);
> +	complete(&rng->cleanup_done);
>  }
>  
>  static void set_current_rng(struct hwrng *rng)
> @@ -498,7 +494,7 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
>  		add_early_randomness(rng);
>  	}
>  
> -	rng->cleanup_done = false;
> +	init_completion(&rng->cleanup_done);
>  
>  out_unlock:
>  	mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
> @@ -532,9 +528,7 @@ void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng)
>  	} else
>  		mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
>  
> -	/* Just in case rng is reading right now, wait. */
> -	wait_event(rng_done, rng->cleanup_done &&
> -		   atomic_read(&rng->ref.refcount) == 0);
> +	wait_for_completion(&rng->cleanup_done);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwrng_unregister);
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h
> index 7832e50..eb7b414 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hw_random.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #ifndef LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_
>  #define LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_
>  
> +#include <linux/completion.h>
>  #include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/kref.h>
> @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ struct hwrng {
>  	/* internal. */
>  	struct list_head list;
>  	struct kref ref;
> -	bool cleanup_done;
> +	struct completion cleanup_done;
>  };
>  
>  /** Register a new Hardware Random Number Generator driver. */
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