Re: [PATCH] random : prefetch the whole pool, not 1/4 of it

[Folkert van Heusden]

> Could you check this patch and apply it ?
> [RANDOM] : prefetch the whole pool, not 1/4 of it,
>            (pool contains u32 words, not bytes)
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> --- linux-2.6.13-rc3/drivers/char/random.c	2005-07-13 06:46:46.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.13-rc3-ed/drivers/char/random.c	2005-07-29 00:11:24.000000000 +0200
> @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
>  	next_w = *in++;
>  
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags);
> -	prefetch_range(r->pool, wordmask);
> +	prefetch_range(r->pool, wordmask*4);

Isn't it cleaner to replace the line above with:
+	prefetch_range(r->pool, wordmask * sizeof(__u32));
as the pool contains u32 words?

>  	input_rotate = r->input_rotate;
>  	add_ptr = r->add_ptr;
>  



Folkert van Heusden

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