linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] random: use correct memory barriers for crng_node

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Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:16:48 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] random: use correct memory barriers for crng_node_pool

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 7:11 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
> First I would want

It looks like you've answered my question with four other questions,
which seem certainly technically warranted, but also indicates we're
probably not going to get to the nice easy resting place of, "it is
safe; go for it" that I was hoping for. In light of that, it seems
like merging Eric's patch is reasonable.

Jason