Re: [PATCH v6] random: defer fast pool mixing to worker

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On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 6:15 PM Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A CPU hotplug notifier which removes unconditionally that bit when the
> CPU goes down or sets it to 0.
> We can keep it as it. Just an idea for later maybe ;)

I looked into it and it seemed like the plumbing was kind of miserable
for that. If you want to take a stab, though, that might be an okay
followup patch, and then we can assess atomics vs notifier. I think
notifier will wind up being a lot clunkier, though.

Sounds like we should be all set for the v7 I sent out?

Jason



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