linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] random: clear fast pool, crng, and batches in cpuhp bring up

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Date:   Thu, 17 Feb 2022 22:25:50 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Sultan Alsawaf <sultan@...neltoast.com>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] random: clear fast pool, crng, and batches in cpuhp
 bring up

Hi Sebstian,

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 8:18 PM Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<bigeasy@...utronix.de> wrote:
> Perfect thank you.
> Did you miss my question regarding cross-CPU init in
> random_prepare_cpu()?

I saw your suggestion to do cross-CPU init and rejected the proposal
for not actually solving a problem. My email about that was here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHmME9prO9dop7iBRwN54=GMtLH7amS3m_VqGUzL44G1h=R+2A@mail.gmail.com/

Do you think you could ack this v6?

Thanks,
Jason