linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] random: defer crediting bootloader randomness to random

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jun 2022 14:23:53 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] random: defer crediting bootloader randomness to
 random_init()

Hi Phil,

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 01:19:41PM +0100, Phil Elwell wrote:
> After a trivial merge conflict (into 5.15) was resolved, this patch allows the 
> downstream kernel with CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER=y to boot cleanly. 
> However, it does delay the initialisation of crng significantly compared to my
> hack.
> 
> With v2:
> [    1.981493] bcm2835-rng 3f104000.rng: hwrng registered
> [   12.549190] random: crng init done

Thanks. It's because the patch is buggy :)

v3 coming right up.

Jason