Re: [PATCH 1/2] random: fix locking in crng_fast_load()

[Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>]

Hi Jason,

Am Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 02:17:15PM +0100 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> Does this introduce a lock nesting inversion situation?
> 
> With your patch, crng_fast_load() now does:
> 
>     lock(primary_crng)
>     invalidate_batched_entropy()
>         lock(batch_lock)
>         unlock(batch_lock)
>     unlock(primary_crng)
> 
> While get_random_{u32,u64}() does:
> 
>     lock(batch_lock)
>     extract_crng()
>        lock(primary_crng)
>        unlock(primary_crng)
>     unlock(batch_lock)
> 
> Is this correct? If so, we might have to defer this patch until after
> <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/commit/?id=2dfab1b1>
> or something like it lands, which attempts to get rid of the batched
> entropy lock.
> 
> If that analysis seems right to you, I could pull this patch into that
> development branch for poking and prodding.

Right, this makes sense -- I already "read" invalidate_batched_entropy() as
being just a call to atomic_inc().

Thanks,
	Dominik