Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:36:20 -0400 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hw_random: don't wait on add_early_randomness() |
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:54:50AM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote: > add_early_randomness() is called by hwrng_register() when the > hardware is added. If this hardware and its module are present > at boot, and if there is no data available the boot hangs until > data are available and can't be interrupted. > > To avoid that, call rng_get_data() in non-blocking mode (wait=0) > from add_early_randomness(). > > Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
Looks good, you can add:
Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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