Re: [PATCH 5/9] efi/arm*: libstub: Invoke EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL to seed the UEFI RNG table

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On Mon, 14 Nov, at 02:55:22PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> The problem is not that Ard applied the patches, but that you subsequently rebased 
> the tree. For example:
> 
>  commit bf5d1f98c1d8be04a40eabb9dd6913347b1b3fc4
>  Author:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  AuthorDate: Thu Oct 20 12:21:26 2016 +0100
>  Commit:     Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  CommitDate: Sat Nov 12 21:14:41 2016 +0000
> 
>     efi/arm*: libstub: Invoke EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL to seed the UEFI RNG table
>     
>     Invoke the EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL protocol in the context of the stub and
>     install the Linux-specific RNG seed UEFI config table. This will be
>     picked up by the EFI routines in the core kernel to seed the kernel
>     entropy pool.
>     
>     Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
 
Ah yes, this is exactly what happened.

> if you rebase it (with your co-maintainer's permission) then you need to add your 
> SoB tag.

OK, will do so in future. Thanks Ingo.
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