The patch titled random: reuse rand_initialize has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is random-reuse-rand_initialize.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** 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 The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: random: reuse rand_initialize From: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~random-reuse-rand_initialize drivers/char/random.c --- a/drivers/char/random.c~random-reuse-rand_initialize +++ a/drivers/char/random.c @@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static void init_std_data(struct entropy sizeof(*(utsname()))/4); } -static int __init rand_initialize(void) +static int rand_initialize(void) { init_std_data(&input_pool); init_std_data(&blocking_pool); @@ -1102,9 +1102,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, /* Clear the entropy pool counters. */ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; - init_std_data(&input_pool); - init_std_data(&blocking_pool); - init_std_data(&nonblocking_pool); + rand_initialize(); return 0; default: return -EINVAL; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx are git-x86.patch 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-pid-pagemap-interface-fix.patch maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface-fix.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix-2.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix-2-fix.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 random-clean-up-checkpatch-complaints.patch random-consolidate-wakeup-logic.patch random-use-unlocked_ioctl.patch random-reuse-rand_initialize.patch random-improve-variable-naming-clear-extract-buffer.patch random-make-backtracking-attacks-harder.patch random-remove-cacheline-alignment-for-locks.patch random-eliminate-redundant-new_rotate-variable.patch random-remove-some-prefetch-logic.patch random-simplify-add_ptr-logic.patch random-make-mixing-interface-byte-oriented.patch random-simplify-and-rename-credit_entropy_store.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