If we read hwrng by long-running dd process, it takes too much cpu time. When we check hwrng attributes from sysfs by cat, it gets stuck. The problem can only be reproduced with non-smp guest with slow backend. This patchset changed hwrng core to always delay 10 jiffies, cat process have chance to execute protected code, the problem is resolved. Thanks. Amos Kong (2): virtio-rng cleanup: move some code out of mutex protection virtio-rng: fix stuck in catting hwrng attributes drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
