crng_init is protected by primary_crng->lock, so keep holding that lock when incrementing crng_init from 0 to 1 in crng_fast_load(). The call to pr_notice() can wait until the lock is released; this code path cannot be reached twice, as crng_fast_load() aborts early if crng_init > 0. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 5d7d6e01bbc4..2df08d05e850 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -653,12 +653,13 @@ static size_t crng_fast_load(const u8 *cp, size_t len) p[crng_init_cnt % CHACHA_KEY_SIZE] ^= *cp; cp++; crng_init_cnt++; len--; ret++; } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&primary_crng.lock, flags); if (crng_init_cnt >= CRNG_INIT_CNT_THRESH) { invalidate_batched_entropy(); crng_init = 1; - pr_notice("fast init done\n"); } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&primary_crng.lock, flags); + if (crng_init == 1) + pr_notice("fast init done\n"); return ret; } -- 2.35.1