From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A0BC4CEC7 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:31:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57476206C2 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:31:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1568604713; bh=mf+k67t7jbNL46HCp+pl83+13MVpHjv+VFwYyRlwI6c=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:List-ID:From; b=V9SUnUAM92D3pU2t598p+ikeZzIcW6oA7v/PpsPelLcFetG3u71Zyvy58TWEwwUsx tdFtSbDCUFfh/6XdixR1bAAy+fAD4IAfb1s2s3JB02G/YpYlMSQdgEAOncGngCGM/j U94Kelzcvn6ezMyfpWkKxv/2k2hmy3Q5n3WpNq1U= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728541AbfIPDbw (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:31:52 -0400 Received: from mail-lf1-f68.google.com ([209.85.167.68]:34114 "EHLO mail-lf1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726222AbfIPDbv (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:31:51 -0400 Received: by mail-lf1-f68.google.com with SMTP id r22so14930981lfm.1 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=fabntbPdTHBLY+J8GfOMAsjCxQ98iy3fvtylDOTNtXY=; b=Rb7ndPRvbfKdFFSW7cp++vq1VHLPlokFSVp6Zh7QLtyhVbwCBEx8Psy7stGdetXSto hxKA0uoLhVq+46CqKsFhgvJDUuHcQrcmaa8RyM4+9k0D1SHM3VJxKW8jGMfrDA0XIVTc 6v1yUfy1cZjQdxtKTGusEupfiPawMV3IOSOvE= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=fabntbPdTHBLY+J8GfOMAsjCxQ98iy3fvtylDOTNtXY=; b=ev1Gl38/HumTRBLTP2myra/rxoOWUtAQfdlItOoVtT527SES/dPo1X6daeLoRRweuL k+pEJpdggRQCRLe8oFM66wBcyXvXXPWAC4dq/Bcy2EJPylXtfp/ZVpZHYpAniMrLCbIS SdJC0i4r00el9HPpm80EmEJfv9DctqlDNc46Cn5tmmrnMVP7+NqKgg878igdXkXe9g1d f5/1mFTYfVuqLvI5XLk3OK+TQyQCOlsrLvomQE2WBSl5GJgvNHHJuC1pBAxCJppb+ILk sU4+pep3MWpgIvOMh59hFDCmgcTp6dRYMGZxkGqTOvXpWKPTo63HuauAuTFjUWT0vTA2 kxLw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU3PYeAHi8esSZcFnykbtBsm0FsBKpMBqOeYpSgF3YnLNkBCUQD cwHebr/kzXxjvZby7PKbX+Cn4sm8kq8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwVNkjoOhj9HO8U2W5lchW9w9QLnG9/VqRUYw1J874B6VegfDahRhDtz0vBSpP4wl3oyTrG3A== X-Received: by 2002:a19:c6d5:: with SMTP id w204mr35751551lff.53.1568604707983; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lf1-f50.google.com (mail-lf1-f50.google.com. [209.85.167.50]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d6sm2959548lfa.50.2019.09.15.20.31.45 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lf1-f50.google.com with SMTP id t8so26182506lfc.13 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:ac2:5a4c:: with SMTP id r12mr11957567lfn.52.1568604704963; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190911173624.GI2740@mit.edu> <20190912034421.GA2085@darwi-home-pc> <20190912082530.GA27365@mit.edu> <20190914150206.GA2270@darwi-home-pc> <20190915065142.GA29681@gardel-login> <20190916014050.GA7002@darwi-home-pc> In-Reply-To: <20190916014050.GA7002@darwi-home-pc> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:28 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux 5.3-rc8 To: "Ahmed S. Darwish" Cc: Lennart Poettering , "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , Andreas Dilger , Jan Kara , Ray Strode , William Jon McCann , "Alexander E. Patrakov" , zhangjs , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, lkml Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 6:41 PM Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > > Yes, the systemd-random-seed(8) process blocks, but this is an > isolated process, and it's only there as a synchronization point and > to load/restore random seeds from disk across reboots. > > What blocked the system boot was GDM/gnome-session implicitly calling > getrandom() for the Xorg MIT cookie. Aahh. I saw that email, but then in the discussion the systemd case always ended up coming up first, and I never made the connection. What a complete crock that silly MIT random cookie is, and what a sad sad reason for blocking. Linus