linux-kernel - Re: [3.16 stable PATCH 1/2] virtio: rng: delay hwrng

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:41:35 +0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, Amos Kong <akong@...hat.com>,
	Virtualization List <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [3.16 stable PATCH 1/2] virtio: rng: delay hwrng_register() till
 driver is ready

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:36:54PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> Instead of calling hwrng_register() in the probe routing, call it in the
> scan routine.  This ensures that when hwrng_register() is successful,
> and it requests a few random bytes to seed the kernel's pool at init,
> we're ready to service that request.
> 
> This will also enable us to remove the workaround added previously to
> check whether probe was completed, and only then ask for data from the
> host.  The revert follows in the next commit.
> 
> There's a slight behaviour change here on unsuccessful hwrng_register().
> Previously, when hwrng_register() failed, the probe() routine would
> fail, and the vqs would be torn down, and driver would be marked not
> initialized.  Now, the vqs will remain initialized, driver would be
> marked initialized as well, but won't be available in the list of RNGs
> available to hwrng core.  To fix the failures, the procedure remains the
> same, i.e. unload and re-load the module, and hope things succeed the
> next time around.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> (cherry picked from commit 5c06273401f2eb7b290cadbae18ee00f8f65e893)
> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
> 
> Conflicts:
> 	drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
> 
>   Context conflict due to not backporting two commits that changed
>   struct layout.

What is this "Conflicts:" stuff for?  I don't need that...

greg k-h
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