linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] x86/urgent for 5.3-rc5

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:59:54 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86/urgent for 5.3-rc5

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:46:42AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> No hurry, and I don't care deeply when this goes in. It looks safe and
> harmless, so any time as far as I'm concerned - whatever is most
> convenient for people.
> 
> This is more of a "let's protect against any future issues" than
> anything critical right now.

Yeah.

> And I suspect it just means that next time somebody screws up rdrand,
> they'll screw it up to be a simple counter instead of just returning
> all-ones,

I'm reading this, and, for some reason, not even the slightest ounce of
surprise is materializing in me. I wonder why that is...

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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