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Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:48:34 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: only wake up writers after zap if threshold was
 passed
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Am Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 02:05:03PM +0100 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> The only time that we need to wake up /dev/random writers on
> RNDCLEARPOOL/RNDZAPPOOL is when we're changing from a value that is
> greater than or equal to POOL_MIN_BITS to zero, because if we're
> changing from below POOL_MIN_BITS to zero, the writers are already
> unblocked.
> 
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>

	Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

Thanks,
	Dominik