From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757333Ab2GQWGn (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:06:43 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:55362 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757194Ab2GQWGj (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:06:39 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20120717.150636.984057456046420738.davem@davemloft.net> To: tytso@mit.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/17] sparc/ldc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-op From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1342560756-18737-16-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> References: <1342560756-18737-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1342560756-18737-16-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.0.97 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:32:34 -0400 > With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a > no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very > low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM > flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the > feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final > removal of this flag. > > Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: David S. Miller