linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/17] sparc/ldc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tytso@....edu
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/17] sparc/ldc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is
 now a no-op

From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
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" <tytso@....edu>

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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