Re: [PATCH v6] random: defer fast pool mixing to worker

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Sebastian,

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 5:59 PM Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Okay, I'll do that then, and then in the process get rid of the
> > cmpxchg loop since it's no longer required.
>
> So the only reason why we have that atomic_t is for rare case where run
> on the remote CPU and need to remove the upper bit in the counter?

Yes. That's the only remaining reason. Annoying, but whatareyagonnado?

Jason