Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] random: Remove kernel.random.read_wakeup_threshold

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To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] random: Remove kernel.random.read_wakeup_threshold
From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:04:31 -0500
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux API <linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>, "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@xxxxxxxxx>, Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@xxxxxxxxx>, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>, Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-man <linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 12:20:51AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> It has no effect any more, so remove it.  We can revert this if
> there is some user code that expects to be able to set this sysctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted

References:
- [PATCH v3 0/8] Rework random blocking
  - From: Andy Lutomirski
- [PATCH v3 8/8] random: Remove kernel.random.read_wakeup_threshold
  - From: Andy Lutomirski

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