linux-kernel - [PATCH] Align rekey

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Message-ID: <20090401104633.GH27084@kryten>
Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:46:33 +1100
From:	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	arjan@...radead.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: [PATCH] Align rekey_work


Align rekey_work. Even though it's infrequent, we may as well line it up.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
---

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/random.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/random.c	2009-04-01 15:47:27.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/random.c	2009-04-01 16:32:40.000000000 +1100
@@ -1488,7 +1488,8 @@
 	keyptr->count = (ip_cnt & COUNT_MASK) << HASH_BITS;
 	smp_wmb();
 	ip_cnt++;
-	schedule_delayed_work(&rekey_work, REKEY_INTERVAL);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&rekey_work,
+			      round_jiffies_relative(REKEY_INTERVAL));
 }
 
 static inline struct keydata *get_keyptr(void)
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