linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] drivers/char/random.c: remove unused dont_count

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Message-ID: <20180301000515.GD3862@thunk.org>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:05:15 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] drivers/char/random.c: remove unused
 dont_count_entropy

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 12:22:47AM +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> Ever since "random: kill dead extract_state struct" [1], the
> dont_count_entropy member of struct timer_rand_state has been
> effectively unused. Since it hasn't found a new use in 12 years, it's
> probably safe to finally kill it.
> 
> [1] Pre-git, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/commit/?id=c1c48e61c251f57e7a3f1bf11b3c462b2de9dcb5
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/char/random.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted