+ drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     drivers/char/random.c:write_pool() cond_resched() needed
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed.patch

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Subject: drivers/char/random.c:write_pool() cond_resched() needed
From: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reduce latency for large writes to /dev/[u]random

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sami Farin <safari-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/char/random.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed drivers/char/random.c
--- a/drivers/char/random.c~drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed
+++ a/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ write_pool(struct entropy_store *r, cons
 		p += bytes;
 
 		add_entropy_words(r, buf, (bytes + 3) / 4);
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx are

maps4-add-proportional-set-size-accounting-in-smaps.patch
maps4-rework-task_size-macros.patch
maps4-rework-task_size-macros-mips-fix.patch
maps4-move-is_swap_pte.patch
maps4-introduce-a-generic-page-walker.patch
maps4-use-pagewalker-in-clear_refs-and-smaps.patch
maps4-simplify-interdependence-of-maps-and-smaps.patch
maps4-move-clear_refs-code-to-task_mmuc.patch
maps4-regroup-task_mmu-by-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch
maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional.patch
maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional-fix.patch
remove-unused-code-from-mm-tiny-shmemc.patch
drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed.patch

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