Re: Using random in interrupts for RT

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Aug 14 2012 - 11:17:03 EST


On Tue, 14 Aug 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Ben Hutchings asked me if we still need "genirq: Disable random call on
> preempt-rt" for -rt? With commit 902c098a366 "random: use lockless
> techniques in the interrupt path" there is no more locks used. But does
> it still produce high latencies?

Haven't tested it. Will put it on my ever growing todo list....
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