Re: random.c backports for 5.18, 5.17, 5.15, and prior

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 05:15:12PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 4:44 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > I get build errors in the 5.15 and 5.10 trees when applying these
> > patches.
> >
> > Here's the 5.10 error:
> > In file included from ../crypto/testmgr.c:32:
> > ../include/crypto/drbg.h:139:38: error: field 'random_ready' has incomplete type
> >   139 |         struct random_ready_callback random_ready;
> >       |                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> > And the same error in 5.15.
> >
> > So obviously I can't take them, I'm doing a simple 'make allmodconfig'
> > build for these trees on x86-64.
> 
> Sorry about that. I've fixed the broken backport (of "random: replace
> custom notifier chain with standard one") and force pushed
> linux-5.10.y and linux-5.15.y branches.

All now queued up.

These are big changes overall, but as you've broken them up into the
original bits, they seem semi-sane.  Let's see how the testing goes on
them...

thanks,

greg k-h