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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 54ca8b23cde..4ec04a75473 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1260,10 +1260,15 @@ static int proc_do_uuid(ctl_table *table, int write, uuid = table->data; if (!uuid) { uuid = tmp_uuid; - uuid[8] = 0; - } - if (uuid[8] == 0) generate_random_uuid(uuid); + } else { + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bootid_spinlock); + + spin_lock(&bootid_spinlock); + if (!uuid[8]) + generate_random_uuid(uuid); + spin_unlock(&bootid_spinlock); + } sprintf(buf, "%pU", uuid); |