linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 000/163] 5.10.119-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <YpD0CVWSiEqiM+8b@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 May 2022 17:53:45 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     Chris.Paterson2@...esas.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org,
        patches@...nelci.org, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        jonathanh@...dia.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, slade@...dewatkins.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 000/163] 5.10.119-rc1 review

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 04:14:21PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.10.119 release.
> > There are 163 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> 
> Is there some kind of back-story why we are doing massive changes to
> /dev/random? 5.19-rc1 is not even out, so third of those changes did
> not get much testing.

Did you miss the posting on the stable list that described all of this:
	https://lore.kernel.org/all/YouECCoUA6eZEwKf@zx2c4.com/

> It seems we hit some problems, but I'm not sure if they are kernel
> problems or test infrastructure problems. Perhaps Chris can help?
> 
> https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-testing/linux-stable-rc-ci/-/pipelines/549589225

I do not know how to decypher random test summaries like this, sorry.

greg k-h