linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] random: remove ifdef'd out interrupt bench

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Message-ID: <YhMgtVaw3OjJ/u2w@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:18:45 -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 1/3] random: remove ifdef'd out interrupt bench

On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 08:27:00PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 04:50:10PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > With tools like kbench9000 giving more finegrained responses, and this
> > basically never having been used ever since it was initially added,
> > let's just get rid of this. There *is* still work to be done on the
> > interrupt handler, but this really isn't the way it's being developed.
> > 
> > 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 | 40 ----------------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 40 deletions(-)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> - Eric

Actually one comment: there is a reference to ADD_INTERRUPT_BENCH in
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst that needs to be removed.

- Eric