Re: linux-next: manual merge of the random tree with the tip tree

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Fri Jul 08 2022 - 05:26:42 EST


On 7/8/22, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 05:10:30PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today's linux-next merge of the random tree got conflicts in:
>>
>> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
>> arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
>> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>>
>> between commit:
>>
>> b69a2afd5afc ("x86/kexec: Carry forward IMA measurement log on kexec")
>>
>> from the tip tree and commit:
>>
>> c337d5c7ec9b ("x86/setup: Use rng seeds from setup_data")
>
> Why is a x86 patch in the random tree?
>
> And it doesn't even have a single x86 person ack?
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/commit/?id=c337d5c7ec9bc1d11006fd628e99c65f08455803
>
> This is not now the process works.

Sorry; I pushed it there temporarily to kick some CI to test it and
forgot to remove it.

Jason