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[PATCH v2 5/6] hw_random: don't double-check old_rng.

From: Amos Kong <hidden>
Date: 2014-09-18 12:38:25
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Subsystem: hardware random number generator core, the rest · Maintainers: Olivia Mackall, Herbert Xu, Linus Torvalds

From: Rusty Russell <redacted>

Interesting anti-pattern.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <redacted>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 9f6f5bb..6420409 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -473,14 +473,13 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
 	}
 
 	old_rng = current_rng;
+	err = 0;
 	if (!old_rng) {
 		err = hwrng_init(rng);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_unlock;
 		set_current_rng(rng);
-	}
-	err = 0;
-	if (!old_rng) {
+
 		err = register_miscdev();
 		if (err) {
 			drop_current_rng();
-- 
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