Re: Rgeression: 2.6.30-rc6-git3 build error - ICE fromdrivers/char/random.c

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 19 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I guess getting rid of 'jiffies' is also worth it. Even at its very worst, 
> 'get_cycles()' should return jiffy-level information, so adding in jiffies 
> doesn't add anything to it.

I take that back. If there isno TSC at all, "get_cycles()" might just be 
returning zero. So the jiffies fallback is probably better than nothing.

So I'll just remove the (long)&ret part. And you already said that that 
fixed it both with my previous patch and without, so I guess it's already 
tested.

		Linus
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