linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 07/17] drivers: hv: remove IRQF_SAMPLE

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:14:25 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 07/17] drivers: hv: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is
 now a no-op



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theodore Ts'o [mailto:tytso@....edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:32 PM
> To: Linux Kernel Developers List
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o; KY Srinivasan; Haiyang Zhang
> Subject: [PATCH 07/17] drivers: hv: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is
> now a no-op
> 
> 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>
> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>

Acked-by: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>


Regards,

K. Y


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