linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/17] input/serio/hp_sdc.c: remove IRQF_SAMPLE

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:05:42 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/17] input/serio/hp_sdc.c: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
 which is now a no-op

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:09:13PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 05:32:21PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> 
> I assume you'll be merging it through random tree with the rest of the
> patches?

Yes, correct.

Thanks!!

						- Ted
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