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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/random32.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/random32.c b/lib/random32.c index 1e5b2df44291..614896778700 100644 --- a/lib/random32.c +++ b/lib/random32.c @@ -244,8 +244,19 @@ static void __prandom_reseed(bool late) static bool latch = false; static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock); + /* Asking for random bytes might result in bytes getting + * moved into the nonblocking pool and thus marking it + * as initialized. In this case we would double back into + * this function and attempt to do a late reseed. + * Ignore the pointless attempt to reseed again if we're + * already waiting for bytes when the nonblocking pool + * got initialized. + */ + /* only allow initial seeding (late == false) once */ - spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags); + if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&lock, flags)) + return; + if (latch && !late) goto out; latch = true; |