linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/vdso: Implement __arch_get_vdso_rng

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Message-ID: <EF78F2DB-7219-407B-9017-990462128B13@ellerman.id.au>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 20:52:40 +1000
From: Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>, mpe@...erman.id.au
CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
 Naveen N Rao <naveen@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/vdso: Implement __arch_get_vdso_rng_data()

On October 4, 2024 2:33:54 AM GMT+10:00, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
>Hey Christophe, Michael,
>
>This series actually looks pretty okay to me. I realize ThomasW is
>working on more generic cleanups that might obliterate the need for
>this, and that may or may not wind up in 6.13. But, I was thinking, this
>seems like a good correct thing to do, and to do it now for 6.12, maybe
>as a fix through the powerpc tree. Then ThomasW can base his work atop
>this, which might wind up including the nice lr optimizations you've
>made. And then also if ThomasW's work doesn't land or gets reverted or
>whatever, at least we'll have this in tree for 6.12.
>
>Michael - what do you think of that? Worth taking these two patches into
>your fixes?

I agree the series looks good. But they're not fixes by my reading, so I'd be inclined to put them in next for v6.13?

cheers
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