linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] RISC-V Fixes for 5.9

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Message-ID: <mhng-a46c3a63-8060-462a-a564-719c5d95df2c@palmerdabbelt-glaptop1>
Date:   Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:50:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:     Re: [GIT PULL] RISC-V Fixes for 5.9

On Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:16:32 PDT (-0700), Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 09:07:27AM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> * The addition of a symbol export for clint_time_val, which has been inlined
>>   into some timex functions and can be used by drivers.
>
> Err, haven't we just agreed on that this is a bad idea and jitterentropy
> should not call get_cycles()?

Sorry, I hadn't seen that when I'd posted the PR.  It looks like there's a
jitterentropy fix in the works, I'll drop the export when that lands.  Probably
best to talk on that thread, though, as there's more context over there.