[PATCH] random: check for signal_pending() outside of need_resched() check

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signal_pending() checks TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL and TIF_SIGPENDING, which
signal that the task should bail out of the syscall when possible. This
is a separate concept from need_resched(), which checks
TIF_NEED_RESCHED, signaling that the task should preempt.

In particular, with the current code, the signal_pending() bailout
probably won't work reliably.

Change this to look like other functions that read lots of data, such as
read_zero().

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 47f01b1482a9..394cbd814a0b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -549,13 +549,13 @@ static ssize_t get_random_bytes_user(void __user *buf, size_t nbytes)
 	}
 
 	do {
-		if (large_request && need_resched()) {
+		if (large_request) {
 			if (signal_pending(current)) {
 				if (!ret)
 					ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
 				break;
 			}
-			schedule();
+			cond_resched();
 		}
 
 		chacha20_block(chacha_state, output);




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