Re: [PATCH 3/5] hwrng: core - Do not register device opportunistically

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 09:59:41AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> Does this break userspace by creating a device which will just return
> -ENODEV on read?  Sure, callers *should* handle it...

If somebody complains we could easily fix this by making open
fail.  In fact, if such applications exist then they're likely
to want to hold onto a reference to the RNG after then open...

Cheers,
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