From: Jeff Dike Comment the lack of locking. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/um/drivers/random.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN arch/um/drivers/random.c~uml-locking-commentary-in-the-random-driver arch/um/drivers/random.c --- a/arch/um/drivers/random.c~uml-locking-commentary-in-the-random-driver +++ a/arch/um/drivers/random.c @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static const struct file_operations rng_ .read = rng_dev_read, }; +/* rng_init shouldn't be called more than once at boot time */ static struct miscdevice rng_miscdev = { RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR, RNG_MODULE_NAME, _