On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 09:25:10AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> commit ab6f762f0f53 ("printk: queue wake_up_klogd irq_work only if per-CPU
> areas are ready") fixes a critical problem introduced with commit
> 1b710b1b10ef ("char/random: silence a lockdep splat with printk()").
> Since commit 1b710b1b10ef has been applied to v5.4.y, commit ab6f762f0f53
> needs to be applied as well.
>
> An alternative might be to revert commit 1b710b1b10ef from v5.4.y, as
> it was done for older kernel branches. However, we found that ab6f762f0f53
> applies cleanly to v5.4.y and fixes the problem, so applying the fix
> is probably a better solution.
>
> Commit ab6f762f0f53 also needs to be applied to v5.6.y.
I have applied it to 5.4.y and 5.6.y now, thanks.
greg k-h
