linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the random tree with the tip tree

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jul 2022 10:13:03 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan McDowell <noodles@...com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the random tree with the tip tree

On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 05:10:30PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the random tree got conflicts in:
> 
>   arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
>   arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
>   arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   b69a2afd5afc ("x86/kexec: Carry forward IMA measurement log on kexec")
> 
> from the tip tree and commit:
> 
>   c337d5c7ec9b ("x86/setup: Use rng seeds from setup_data")

Why is a x86 patch in the random tree?

And it doesn't even have a single x86 person ack?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/commit/?id=c337d5c7ec9bc1d11006fd628e99c65f08455803

This is not now the process works.

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    Boris.

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