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

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Message-ID: <CAHmME9pPc12jRM4rbuE1Z=TjMg3YdWr3g1dJfifi1YjLQqUdDg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 28 May 2022 08:03:30 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>, Chris.Paterson2@...esas.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        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 5/28/22, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 11:10:35PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>> Hi Guenter,
>>
>> On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 09:59:14AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> > Given that we (ChromeOS) have been hit by rng related
>> > issues before (specifically boot stalls on some hardware), I am quite
>> > concerned about the possible impact of this series for stable releases.
>>
>> The urandom try_to_generate_entropy() change from 5.18 wasn't backported.
>>
>
> Was it not backported on purpose or is it missing ?
>

On purpose, on account of the concern that you expressed. Hence I
mentioned it in response to your message.

Jason