On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>>>> "Lee" == Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 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?
Perfect. This is exactly what I'm trying to do, thanks.
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