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* [PATCH 0/12] random pt3: More core and accounting cleanups
@ 2005-01-19  8:17 Matt Mackall
  2005-01-19  8:17 ` [PATCH 1/12] random pt3: More meaningful pool names Matt Mackall
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Matt Mackall @ 2005-01-19  8:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton, Theodore Ts'o; +Cc: linux-kernel

This is a third series of various cleanups for drivers/char/random.c.
It applies on top of the previous 10.

These bits greatly simplify the setup:
1  More meaningful pool names
2  Static allocation of pools
3  Static sysctl bits

These bits make the accounting safer and the code easier to follow:
4  Catastrophic reseed checks
5  Entropy reservation accounting
6  Reservation flag in pool struct
7  Reseed pointer in pool struct
8  Break up extract_user

These bits clean up the hashing functions:
9  Remove dead MD5 copy
10 Simplify hash folding
11 Clean up hash buffering

This bit drops a bunch of code and reduces lock hold times:
12 Remove entropy batching

The next series focuses on moving and sharing code more appropriately.

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2005-01-19  8:17 [PATCH 0/12] random pt3: More core and accounting cleanups Matt Mackall
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2005-01-19  8:17   ` [PATCH 2/12] random pt3: Static allocation of pools Matt Mackall
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2005-01-19  8:17         ` [PATCH 5/12] random pt3: Entropy reservation accounting Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17           ` [PATCH 6/12] random pt3: Reservation flag in pool struct Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17             ` [PATCH 7/12] random pt3: Reseed pointer " Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17               ` [PATCH 8/12] random pt3: Break up extract_user Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17                 ` [PATCH 9/12] random pt3: Remove dead MD5 copy Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17                   ` [PATCH 10/12] random pt3: Simplify hash folding Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17                     ` [PATCH 11/12] random pt3: Clean up hash buffering Matt Mackall
2005-01-19  8:17                       ` [PATCH 12/12] random pt3: Remove entropy batching Matt Mackall

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