diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index 1d342f0cb0c1b6a81765ccf9127044311d0b37c9..787ef42a77b942390d3b36ffecdaef49e0e70169 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ module_param(default_quality, ushort, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(default_quality, "default entropy content of hwrng per mill"); +static void drop_current_rng(void); static void start_khwrngd(void); static inline int rng_get_data(struct hwrng *rng, u8 *buffer, size_t size, @@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref) static void set_current_rng(struct hwrng *rng) { BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&rng_mutex)); + drop_current_rng(); current_rng = rng; } @@ -315,7 +317,6 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev, err = hwrng_init(rng); if (err) break; - drop_current_rng(); set_current_rng(rng); err = 0; break;