linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] random number generator fixes for 5.19-rc4

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 20:54:46 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] random number generator fixes for 5.19-rc4

Hi Linus,

Please pull the following random number generator fixes for 5.19-rc4:

- A change to schedule the interrupt randomness mixing less often, yet credit
  a little more each time, to reduce overhead during interrupt storms.

- Squelch an undesired pr_warn() from __ratelimit(), which was causing
  problems in the reporters' CI.

- A trivial comment fix.

Thanks,
Jason


The following changes since commit a111daf0c53ae91e71fd2bfe7497862d14132e3e:

  Linux 5.19-rc3 (2022-06-19 15:06:47 -0500)

are available in the Git repository at:

  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git tags/random-5.19-rc4-for-linus

for you to fetch changes up to 63b8ea5e4f1a87dea4d3114293fc8e96a8f193d7:

  random: update comment from copy_to_user() -> copy_to_iter() (2022-06-20 11:06:17 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Random number generator fixes for Linux 5.19-rc4.
----------------------------------------------------------------

Jason A. Donenfeld (3):
      random: schedule mix_interrupt_randomness() less often
      random: quiet urandom warning ratelimit suppression message
      random: update comment from copy_to_user() -> copy_to_iter()

 drivers/char/random.c           |  6 +++---
 include/linux/ratelimit_types.h | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)