Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 16/43] random: use computational hash for entropy extraction

Eric Biggers
2022-03-28T18:08:37Z

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 07:18:00AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
>
> [ 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