linux-kernel - drivers/char/random.c:write_pool() -- cond

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Message-ID: <20071130215810.d3m43bwobifihfiu@m.safari.iki.fi>
Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:58:10 +0200
From:	Sami Farin <safari-kernel@...ari.iki.fi>
To:	Linux kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: drivers/char/random.c:write_pool() -- cond_resched needed?

In write_pool(), isn't cond_resched() needed after call to
add_entropy_words() because otherwise there can be large latencies
(think of command "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/random bs=100000000" ) ?

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