Commit 142a27f0a731 added support for a "best" RNG, and in doing so introduced a hang from rmmod/modprobe -r when the last RNG on the list was unloaded. When the hwrng list is depleted, return the global variables to their original state and decrement all references to the object. Fixes: 142a27f0a731 ("hwrng: core - Reset user selected rng by writing "" to rng_current") Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index 657b8770b6b9..91bb98c42a1c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ static int enable_best_rng(void) ret = ((new_rng == current_rng) ? 0 : set_current_rng(new_rng)); if (!ret) cur_rng_set_by_user = 0; + } else { + drop_current_rng(); + cur_rng_set_by_user = 0; + ret = 0; } return ret;