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SubjectRe: modularize randon.c?
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ptb@it.uc3m.es (Peter T. Breuer) writes:

> Is there any reason the random.c code in 2.0.36 shouldn't be modularized.
> Apart from "used by stuff in kernel not yet modularized".

Yes. add_interrupt_randomness() is called in critical paths, like
the main interrupt receiver, and calling it through a call vector
(as required by a modular random.c) would be too slow.

-Andi

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