random: silence compiler warnings and fix race
commit 4a072c71 upstream. Odd versions of gcc for the sh4 architecture will actually warn about flags being used while uninitialized, so we set them to zero. Non crazy gccs will optimize that out again, so it doesn't make a difference. Next, over aggressive gccs could inline the expression that defines use_lock, which could then introduce a race resulting in a lock imbalance. By using READ_ONCE, we prevent that fate. Finally, we make that assignment const, so that gcc can still optimize a nice amount. Finally, we fix a potential deadlock between primary_crng.lock and batched_entropy_reset_lock, where they could be called in opposite order. Moving the call to invalidate_batched_entropy to outside the lock rectifies this issue. Fixes: b169c13dSigned-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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