On (Wed) 10 Sep 2014 [17:07:06], Amos Kong wrote: > It doesn't save too much cpu time as expected, just a cleanup. Frankly I won't bother with this. It doesn't completely remove all copying from the mutex, so it's not worthwhile. > Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <akong@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > index aa30a25..c591d7e 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c > @@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_show(struct device *dev, > return -ERESTARTSYS; > if (current_rng) > name = current_rng->name; > - ret = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", name); > mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex); > + ret = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", name); > > return ret; > } > @@ -284,19 +284,19 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_available_show(struct device *dev, > ssize_t ret = 0; > struct hwrng *rng; > > + buf[0] = '\0'; > err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rng_mutex); > if (err) > return -ERESTARTSYS; > - buf[0] = '\0'; > list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) { > strncat(buf, rng->name, PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1); > ret += strlen(rng->name); > strncat(buf, " ", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1); > ret++; > } > + mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex); > strncat(buf, "\n", PAGE_SIZE - ret - 1); > ret++; > - mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex); > > return ret; > } > -- > 1.9.3 > Amit -- 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