From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57106C433FE for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S245101AbiC1SKQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:10:16 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55960 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237111AbiC1SKM (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:10:12 -0400 Received: from mail-pj1-x1035.google.com (mail-pj1-x1035.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1035]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0B4420186 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:08:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pj1-x1035.google.com with SMTP id c15-20020a17090a8d0f00b001c9c81d9648so115939pjo.2 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:08:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20210112; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=hNzwHJfpkpmEw/hct0zF3etMNc0cBO4fopLuf3JQwh0=; b=j+MhoQtHPKvT8/iY4rD3ORM6UPsD3J+KwsMPPTxs+VaA/Ye0qfO43/9gyfVuw4bCCA KbU/ghqbikyVT+ikaf+dcsZF2TeNWINi5mbTZggLvUyb115NvU/oAG33I26VRaF8bKGv fqoivDS1ir2euXvQJAeIFbIc+fobV0swxGnNdPUz6OSYyRXzS2+idViGDCpaqxbLKRmM 7c3IFwx3BSmgGECIzf/upkN0mXZb1kOoPc0O49ZMigPY4P7UvIl1qUnd7wX7unjYa9e5 t/FmYQi3oO4uToIrj4vwRJZ4OJuXX6VogEvlTaXHke65bPUHgcfJ8MdGKhqmmVN0uatg ZoWg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=hNzwHJfpkpmEw/hct0zF3etMNc0cBO4fopLuf3JQwh0=; b=ShOMpkigX0fyAikvQw368p+e7k4siE2IcHGrkiJMeSTxs0v95RMOCCaU+0G9ARzOk6 uSjo9TqfQnLohyO58HKnEgTzq0QvY5ZIm95434ft9Bye/bGvB67chJr2vz9MCOLwuH+t 8jNdLzn1EdJGq9vVXuoLGl8U5qu6kDFyhzv5jiqR73wxqsW6CHUnQMxw3LojzVEMusJw MBJGsexjZyUnbqMipcItjQLDJ1OA2k9IYRsOOX5dVymQ4JIdpyQDD3iERv8rF14HOAg+ Qdmju8GTHoBuJ79E0obM/vusy57cgFP/HG/wJWwctygJyKX4SPdIaZfcadd6mGjXsP2r cSxQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533eZoQMw7sdO2RGM3oy5MievWL10gML2OQU/r1Us8dcIu6jdxs6 mh0kMMY4GhnWXdX8i8ed/EMTg3GPoRbr9w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxetOLScKRUcMTopUmhm1Ev7y4iwJyX08ybSbGXjAvTgYb2EcxGlWoFK/86lsZmPt0m0MtlmQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:be18:b0:153:2444:9c1a with SMTP id r24-20020a170902be1800b0015324449c1amr27513128pls.152.1648490909947; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:08:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from google.com (128.65.83.34.bc.googleusercontent.com. [34.83.65.128]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id oc10-20020a17090b1c0a00b001c7510ed0c8sm145308pjb.49.2022.03.28.11.08.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:08:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:08:26 +0000 From: Eric Biggers To: Sasha Levin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, "Jason A. Donenfeld" , Theodore Ts'o , Dominik Brodowski , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jean-Philippe Aumasson Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 16/43] random: use computational hash for entropy extraction Message-ID: References: <20220328111828.1554086-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20220328111828.1554086-16-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220328111828.1554086-16-sashal@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 07:18:00AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" > > [ Upstream commit 6e8ec2552c7d13991148e551e3325a624d73fac6 ] > I don't think it's a good idea to start backporting random commits to random.c that weren't marked for stable. There were a lot of changes in v5.18, and sometimes they relate to each other in subtle ways, so the individual commits aren't necessarily safe to pick. IMO, you shouldn't backport any non-stable-Cc'ed commits to random.c unless Jason explicitly reviews the exact sequence of commits that you're backporting. - Eric