[PATCH V2] hwrng: bcm2835: Fix hwrng throughput regression

Herbert Xu herbert at gondor.apana.org.au
Tue Oct 3 18:18:42 PDT 2023


On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 01:35:29PM +0200, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
>
> Hi Herbert, I there a strong reason why you merged this to what from
> here looks like the branch that targets the next merge window? The patch
> fixes a regression introduced during the last 12 months and thus
> normally should not wait for the next merge window. For details see
> "Expectations and best practices for fixing regressions" in
> Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst; or if you want to hear
> it from Linus directly, check these out:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wis_qQy4oDNynNKi5b7Qhosmxtoj1jxo5wmB6SRUwQUBQ@mail.gmail.com/
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgD98pmSK3ZyHk_d9kZ2bhgN6DuNZMAJaV0WTtbkf=RDw@mail.gmail.com/

This is a one-year-old regression, and the fix is not a trivial
reversion.  So there is no urgency in pushing this out.

Cheers,
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