linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 16/43] random: use computational hash for entropy extraction

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:34:58 -0700
From:   Michael Brooks <m@...etwater.ai>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 16/43] random: use computational hash for
 entropy extraction

This patch is not ready, but I think it solves the issues Jason has brought up.

-Mike

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 11:08 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 07:18:00AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
> >
> > [ Upstream commit 6e8ec2552c7d13991148e551e3325a624d73fac6 ]
> >
>
> I don't think it's a good idea to start backporting random commits to random.c
> that weren't marked for stable.  There were a lot of changes in v5.18, and
> sometimes they relate to each other in subtle ways, so the individual commits
> aren't necessarily safe to pick.
>
> IMO, you shouldn't backport any non-stable-Cc'ed commits to random.c unless
> Jason explicitly reviews the exact sequence of commits that you're backporting.
>
> - Eric

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