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 *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html