Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: modularize randon.c? | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 26 Mar 1999 16:27:35 +0100 |
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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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