linux-ext4 - Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

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Date:   Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:47:40 +0200
From:   Reindl Harald <h.reindl@...lounge.net>
To:     "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Ray Strode <rstrode@...hat.com>,
        William Jon McCann <mccann@....edu>,
        zhangjs <zachary@...shancloud.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.3-rc8



Am 10.09.19 um 19:33 schrieb Ahmed S. Darwish:
> Yes, doing any of below steps makes the problem reliably disappear:
> 
>   - boot param "random.trust_cpu=on"
>   - rngd(8) enabled at boot (entropy source: x86 RDRAND + jitter)
>   - pressing random 3 or 4 keyboard keys while GDM boot is stuck

and on machines without or broken RDRAND (AMD) and nobody near the
keyboard to play some song on it?