linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] random: remove unused tracepoints

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Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 20:28:58 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] random: remove unused tracepoints

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 04:50:11PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> These explicit tracepoints aren't really used and show sign of aging.
> It's work to keep these up to date, and before I attempted to keep them
> up to date, they weren't up to date, which indicates that they're not
> really used. These days there are better ways of introspecting anyway.
> 
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/random.c         |  30 +----
>  include/trace/events/random.h | 206 ----------------------------------
>  lib/random32.c                |   2 -
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 235 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/trace/events/random.h

Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

- Eric