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    SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2 03/26] x86: pageattr-test: remove srandom32 call
    On 01/03/2013 04:18 AM, Akinobu Mita wrote:
    > pageattr-test calls srandom32() once every test iteration.
    > But calling srandom32() after late_initcalls is not meaningfull.
    > Because the random states for random32() is mixed by good random numbers
    > in late_initcall prandom_reseed().
    >
    > So this removes the call to srandom32().
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
    > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
    > Cc: x86@kernel.org
    > ---
    >
    > No change from v1
    >

    Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

    ... for this and the other patch. Do you need me to pick it up or are
    you pushing this directly as part of your bigger patchset?

    --
    H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
    I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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