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Merge tag 'random-5.18-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random

Pull random number generator fixes from Jason Donenfeld:

 - If a hardware random number generator passes a sufficiently large
   chunk of entropy to random.c during early boot, we now skip the
   "fast_init" business and let it initialize the RNG.

   This makes CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER=y actually useful.

 - We already have the command line `random.trust_cpu=0/1` option for
   RDRAND, which let distros enable CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU=y while
   placating concerns of more paranoid users.

   Now we add `random.trust_bootloader=0/1` so that distros can
   similarly enable CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER=y.

 - Re-add a comment that got removed by accident in the recent revert.

 - Add the spec-compliant ACPI CID for vmgenid, which Microsoft added to
   the vmgenid spec at Ard's request during earlier review.

 - Restore build-time randomness via the latent entropy plugin, which
   was lost when we transitioned to using a hash function.

* tag 'random-5.18-rc1-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random:
  random: mix build-time latent entropy into pool at init
  virt: vmgenid: recognize new CID added by Hyper-V
  random: re-add removed comment about get_random_{u32,u64} reseeding
  random: treat bootloader trust toggle the same way as cpu trust toggle
  random: skip fast_init if hwrng provides large chunk of entropy
2022-03-31 14:51:34 -07:00
Documentation Random number generator fixes for Linux 5.18-rc1. 2022-03-31 14:51:34 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers 2021-12-16 14:33:10 +01:00
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drivers Random number generator fixes for Linux 5.18-rc1. 2022-03-31 14:51:34 -07:00
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ipc fs: allocate inode by using alloc_inode_sb() 2022-03-22 15:57:03 -07:00
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Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Networking fixes for 5.18-rc1 and rethook patches. 2022-03-31 11:23:31 -07:00
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README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
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