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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 54ca8b23cde3..4ec04a754733 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);