From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Mr. FRANQUET" <franquet@protonmail.com>
Cc: "stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
"sashal@kernel.org" <sashal@kernel.org>,
"tytso@mit.edu" <tytso@mit.edu>,
"keescook@chromium.org" <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add RANDOM_TRUST_CPU to linux-stable.
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 13:03:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191221120309.GA70102@kroah.com> (raw)
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On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 11:57:59AM +0000, Mr. FRANQUET wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After reading a blog post[1], I have a great trust interest in seeing you take two upstream commits in stable, so:
>
> 39a8883a2b989d1d21bd8dd99f5557f0c5e89694 (random: add a config option to trust the CPU's hwrng)
> 9b25436662d5fb4c66eb527ead53cab15f596ee0 (random: make CPU trust a boot parameter)
>
> I have just successfully tested this into linux 4.14.159.
If you wish to use this new feature, please just use the 4.19 or newer
kernel, no need to stick to 4.14.y. Remember, stable kernels are for
bugfixes, not new features.
thanks,
greg k-h
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