linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/rng: wire up during setup

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Message-ID: <YqRnPzVxK9HKROYi@zx2c4.com>
Date:   Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:58:23 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/rng: wire up during setup_arch

Hi Christophe,

On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 09:27:43AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 11/06/2022 à 11:22, Jason A. Donenfeld a écrit :
> > Hi Christophe,
> > 
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 11:17:23AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >> Also, you copied stable. Should you add a Fixes: tag so that we know
> >> what it fixes ?
> > 
> > I suppose the fixes tag would be whatever introduced those files in the
> > first place, so not all together useful. But if you want something, feel
> > free to append these when applying the commit:
> > 
> > Fixes: a4da0d50b2a0 ("powerpc: Implement arch_get_random_long/int() for powernv")
> > Fixes: a489043f4626 ("powerpc/pseries: Implement arch_get_random_long() based on H_RANDOM")
> > Fixes: c25769fddaec ("powerpc/microwatt: Add support for hardware random number generator")
> > 
> 
> Well it helps knowing on which stable version it applies.
> 
> Maybe it would be cleaner to send three patches ? After all they look 

Sounds like irritating paperwork to me.

> like 3 independant changes with nothing in common at all.

"Nothing in common"? I don't know about that.

Anyway, sure, I'll do that and send a v2 series.

Jason