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Subject[PATCH RFC] random: Reduce preempt disabled region
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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

No need to keep preemption disabled across the whole function.

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,6 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct
} sample;
long delta, delta2, delta3;

- preempt_disable();
-
sample.jiffies = jiffies;
sample.cycles = random_get_entropy();
sample.num = num;
@@ -1161,8 +1159,6 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct
* and limit entropy entimate to 12 bits.
*/
credit_entropy_bits(r, min_t(int, fls(delta>>1), 11));
-
- preempt_enable();
}

void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
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