linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/17] [ARM] pxa: remove IRQF_SAMPLE

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:08:24 +0800
From:	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/17] [ARM] pxa: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-op

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> 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>
> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>
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