From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hwrng: Clean up RNG list when last hwrng is unregistered Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 16:05:20 +1100 Message-ID: <20180108050520.GA1775@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <151336772989.60446.16322941485803241258.stgit@sosxen2.amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, thomas.lendacky@amd.com, davem@davemloft.net, prasannatsmkumar@gmail.com To: Gary R Hook Return-path: Received: from [128.1.224.119] ([128.1.224.119]:53426 "EHLO ringil.hmeau.com" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750710AbeAHFFd (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2018 00:05:33 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 11:28:23AM -0600, Gary R Hook wrote: > > It may not have been obvious from the title but this fixes a bug > which will impact the use of any HW RNG that is the only RNG > registered. The breakage of rmmod/modprobe -r that this fix obviates > suggests that it needs to make the 4.15 kernel, please. Just want to > ensure this gets the proper attention. Thank you. I don't think breaking rmmod is sufficiently serious to warrant immediate inclusion at this point. We can always send it via stable after the release. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt