linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random: Don't freeze in add_hwgenerator

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Date:   Thu, 3 Dec 2020 11:29:41 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
Cc:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: Don't freeze in add_hwgenerator_randomness() if
 stopping kthread

On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 04:28:07PM +0200, Horia Geantă wrote:
>
> I wasn't able to find a follow-up on this topic.
> Could you advise on what's the proper thing to do going forward?

I think someone needs to come up with a patch that does not
cause regressions.

Cheers,
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