[PATCH 2/6] hwrng: core: Simplify RNG switching from sysfs
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Sun Sep 13 07:24:13 PDT 2015
>>>>> "Lee" == Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> writes:
> If we attempt to use sysfs to change the current RNG in the usual
> way i.e. issuing something like:
> `echo 8a8a000.rng > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_current`
> ... it will fail because the code doesn't currently take the '\n'
> into consideration. Well, now it does.
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index da8faf7..14dc984 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev,
> const char *buf, size_t len)
> {
> int err;
> + int snip = 0;
> struct hwrng *rng;
> err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rng_mutex);
> @@ -323,7 +324,11 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev,
> return -ERESTARTSYS;
> err = -ENODEV;
> list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) {
> - if (strcmp(rng->name, buf) == 0) {
> +
> + if (buf[len-1] == '\n')
> + snip = 1; /* Snip one character */
> +
How about using sysfs_streq() instead, which is what is done elsewhere?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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