This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled random: remove some dead code of poolinfo to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: random-remove-some-dead-code-of-poolinfo.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Thu Jun 16 07:08:33 PM CEST 2022 From: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:56:11 -0500 Subject: random: remove some dead code of poolinfo From: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx> commit 09a6d00a42ce0e63e2a15be3d070974bcc656ec7 upstream. Since it is not being used, so delete it. Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190607182517.28266-5-tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 30 ------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -431,36 +431,6 @@ static const struct poolinfo { /* was: x^128 + x^103 + x^76 + x^51 +x^25 + x + 1 */ /* x^128 + x^104 + x^76 + x^51 +x^25 + x + 1 */ { S(128), 104, 76, 51, 25, 1 }, - /* was: x^32 + x^26 + x^20 + x^14 + x^7 + x + 1 */ - /* x^32 + x^26 + x^19 + x^14 + x^7 + x + 1 */ - { S(32), 26, 19, 14, 7, 1 }, -#if 0 - /* x^2048 + x^1638 + x^1231 + x^819 + x^411 + x + 1 -- 115 */ - { S(2048), 1638, 1231, 819, 411, 1 }, - - /* x^1024 + x^817 + x^615 + x^412 + x^204 + x + 1 -- 290 */ - { S(1024), 817, 615, 412, 204, 1 }, - - /* x^1024 + x^819 + x^616 + x^410 + x^207 + x^2 + 1 -- 115 */ - { S(1024), 819, 616, 410, 207, 2 }, - - /* x^512 + x^411 + x^308 + x^208 + x^104 + x + 1 -- 225 */ - { S(512), 411, 308, 208, 104, 1 }, - - /* x^512 + x^409 + x^307 + x^206 + x^102 + x^2 + 1 -- 95 */ - { S(512), 409, 307, 206, 102, 2 }, - /* x^512 + x^409 + x^309 + x^205 + x^103 + x^2 + 1 -- 95 */ - { S(512), 409, 309, 205, 103, 2 }, - - /* x^256 + x^205 + x^155 + x^101 + x^52 + x + 1 -- 125 */ - { S(256), 205, 155, 101, 52, 1 }, - - /* x^128 + x^103 + x^78 + x^51 + x^27 + x^2 + 1 -- 70 */ - { S(128), 103, 78, 51, 27, 2 }, - - /* x^64 + x^52 + x^39 + x^26 + x^14 + x + 1 -- 15 */ - { S(64), 52, 39, 26, 14, 1 }, -#endif }; /* Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/random-fix-typo-in-add_timer_randomness.patch queue-4.14/random-add-and-use-pr_fmt.patch queue-4.14/random-convert-to-entropy_bits-for-better-code-readability.patch queue-4.14/random-remove-unnecessary-unlikely.patch queue-4.14/random-remove-some-dead-code-of-poolinfo.patch