Re: [PATCH v3] tpm: disable hwrng for fTPM on some AMD designs

From: Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)
Date: Sun Mar 12 2023 - 06:40:46 EST


On 12.03.23 02:42, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 03:35:08AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 06:43:47PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>> [adding Linux to the list of recipients]
>>>
>>> On 08.03.23 10:42, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
>>>> Hi, Thorsten here, the Linux kernel's regression tracker. Top-posting
>>>> for once, to make this easily accessible to everyone.
>>>>
>>>> Jarkko, thx for reviewing and picking below fix up. Are you planning to
>>>> send this to Linus anytime soon, now that the patch was a few days in
>>>> next? It would be good to get this 6.1 regression finally fixed, it
>>>> already took way longer then the time frame
>>>> Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst outlines for a case like
>>>> this. But well, that's how it is sometimes...
>>>
>>> Linus, would you consider picking this fix up directly from here or from
>>> linux-next (8699d5244e37)? It's been in the latter for 9 days now
>>> afaics. And the issue seems to bug more than just one or two users, so
>>> it IMHO would be good to get this finally resolved.
>>>
>>> Jarkko didn't reply to my inquiry, guess something else keeps him busy.
>>
>> That's a bit arrogant. You emailed only 4 days ago.
>>
>> I'm open to do PR for rc3 with the fix, if it cannot wait to v6.4 pr.
>
> If this is about slow response with kernel bugzilla: [...]

Not at all, I don't care if developers use bugzilla or ignore it, as
long as the regression itself it dealt with.

Fun fact: I actually wanted to get rid of bugzilla for developers/
subsystems that didn't opt-in, but then another plan came up. See
https://lwn.net/Articles/910740/

Ciao, Thorsten