[PATCH 2/6] hwrng: core: Simplify RNG switching from sysfs

From: Lee Jones
Date: Fri Sep 11 2015 - 16:12:19 EST


If we attempt to use sysfs to change the current RNG in the usual
way i.e. issuing something like:

`echo 8a8a000.rng > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/hw_random/rng_current`

... it will fail because the code doesn't currently take the '\n'
into consideration. Well, now it does.

Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index da8faf7..14dc984 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev,
const char *buf, size_t len)
{
int err;
+ int snip = 0;
struct hwrng *rng;

err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rng_mutex);
@@ -323,7 +324,11 @@ static ssize_t hwrng_attr_current_store(struct device *dev,
return -ERESTARTSYS;
err = -ENODEV;
list_for_each_entry(rng, &rng_list, list) {
- if (strcmp(rng->name, buf) == 0) {
+
+ if (buf[len-1] == '\n')
+ snip = 1; /* Snip one character */
+
+ if (strncmp(rng->name, buf, len - snip) == 0) {
err = 0;
if (rng != current_rng)
err = set_current_rng(rng);
--
1.9.1

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