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Re: [PATCH RESEND v11] hwrng: core - let sleep be interrupted when unregistering hwrng

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 12:17:02PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>
> That won't be possible until 5.20, though, and this patch is needed to
> fix earlier kernels, so the intermediate step here is still required.
> But please keep this on the back burner of your mind. The 5.20
> enablement patch for that is here:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=a7c01fa93aeb03ab76cd3cb2107990dd160498e6

Actually, I don't think this will be needed if we switch over to
completions.  This is because we will no longer be using kthread_should_stop
to determine when we should exit the loop, instead it will be the
completion that has the final say.

Cheers,
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