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

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 15:55:55 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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

Hi Borislav,

On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 02:35:17PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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 ... "

Thanks for the tip. I used to do this, and then in the last 3 weeks my
style unwittingly slipped into this new thing for some reason. I've got
to send a v+1 anyway for some more build breakage, so I'll fix that up.

Jason