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authorJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2022-07-28 18:22:20 +0800
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2022-08-19 18:39:34 +0800
commit36cb6494429bd64b27b7ff8b4af56f8e526da2b4 (patch)
tree80867f2a756f1d0a7dbe83c752aca8ec61dd96f3 /include/linux/hw_random.h
parentd74f9340097a881869c4c22ca376654cc2516ecc (diff)
downloadlinux-36cb6494429bd64b27b7ff8b4af56f8e526da2b4.tar.gz
hwrng: core - let sleep be interrupted when unregistering hwrng
There are two deadlock scenarios that need addressing, which cause problems when the computer goes to sleep, the interface is set down, and hwrng_unregister() is called. When the deadlock is hit, sleep is delayed for tens of seconds, causing it to fail. These scenarios are: 1) The hwrng kthread can't be stopped while it's sleeping, because it uses msleep_interruptible() which does not react to kthread_stop. 2) A normal user thread can't be interrupted by hwrng_unregister() while it's sleeping, because hwrng_unregister() is called from elsewhere. We solve both issues by add a completion object called dying that fulfils waiters once we have started the process in hwrng_unregister. At the same time, we should cleanup a common and useless dmesg splat in the same area. Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Reported-by: Gregory Erwin <gregerwin256@gmail.com> Fixes: fcd09c90c3c5 ("ath9k: use hw_random API instead of directly dumping into random.c") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAO+Okf6ZJC5-nTE_EJUGQtd8JiCkiEHytGgDsFGTEjs0c00giw@mail.gmail.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAO+Okf5k+C+SE6pMVfPf-d8MfVPVq4PO7EY8Hys_DVXtent3HA@mail.gmail.com/ Link: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75138 Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk> Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/hw_random.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/hw_random.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/hw_random.h b/include/linux/hw_random.h
index aa1d4da03538bf..77c2885c4c1302 100644
--- a/include/linux/hw_random.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_random.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct hwrng {
struct list_head list;
struct kref ref;
struct completion cleanup_done;
+ struct completion dying;
};
struct device;
@@ -61,4 +62,6 @@ extern int devm_hwrng_register(struct device *dev, struct hwrng *rng);
extern void hwrng_unregister(struct hwrng *rng);
extern void devm_hwrng_unregister(struct device *dve, struct hwrng *rng);
+extern long hwrng_msleep(struct hwrng *rng, unsigned int msecs);
+
#endif /* LINUX_HWRANDOM_H_ */