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

[Michael Brooks]

This patch is not ready, but I think it solves the issues Jason has brought up.

-Mike

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 11:08 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 07:18:00AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [ 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

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