Hi Sasha,
On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 2:08 PM Eric Biggers ebiggers@google.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 07:18:00AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Jason@zx2c4.com
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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.
I'm inclined to agree with Eric here that you might be a bit careful about autosel'ing 5.18, given how extensive the changes were. In theory they should all be properly sequenced so that nothing breaks, but I'd still be cautious. However, if you want, maybe we can work out some plan for backporting. I'll take a look and maybe will ping you on IRC about it.
Jason