Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] random: convert to using iters, for Al Viro

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Jens,

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:44:56AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Jens Axboe (3):
>   random: convert to using fops->read_iter()
>   random: convert to using fops->write_iter()
>   random: wire up fops->splice_{read,write}_iter()

FYI, this series makes reads from /dev/urandom slower, from around 616
MiB/s to 598 MiB/s on my system. That seems rather unfortunate.

Are we sure we really want to do this and need to do this?

Jason