linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] random,x86,kvm: Rework arch RNG seeds and get some from kvm

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:22:28 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>, Andrew Honig <ahonig@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] random,x86,kvm: Rework arch RNG seeds and get some
 from kvm

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:11:29PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>
>> What's the status of this series?  I assume that it's too late for at
>> least patches 2-5 to make it into 3.17.
>
> Which tree were you hoping this patch series to go through?  I was
> assuming it would go through the x86 tree since the bulk of the
> changes in the x86 subsystem (hence my Acked-by).

There's some argument that patch 1 should go through the kvm tree.
There's no real need for patch 1 and 2-5 to end up in the same kernel
release, either.

>
> IIRC, Peter had some concerns, and I don't remember if they were all
> addressed.  Peter?
>

I don't know.  I rewrite one thing he didn't like and undid the other,
but there's plenty of opportunity for this version to be problematic, too.

--Andy
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