linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] random: remove CONFIG_ARCH

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 14:35:17 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] random: remove CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM

On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 12:54:11PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> So this commit simplifies things by removing CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM, keeping

No need to say "this commit" or "this patch" - just write "as if you are
giving orders to the codebase to change its behaviour."

In this case, "So simplify things by ... "

>  arch/x86/Kconfig                                  |  9 ---------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h                 | 14 +++++---------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c                      |  2 --

For those:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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