From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] drivers/char/random.c: remove unused dont_count_entropy
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:05:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180301000515.GD3862@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180228232247.16368-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
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@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
> ---
> drivers/char/random.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
Thanks, applied.
- Ted
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2018-02-28 23:22 [PATCH resend] drivers/char/random.c: remove unused dont_count_entropy Rasmus Villemoes
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