From: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch 23/38] alpha: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:22:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+=Fv5S68wZQapeaYTspOfsuGk=nBj60sx-ojHBSqrxV59Q+ZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260410120319.131582521@kernel.org>
On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> The only remaining usage of get_cycles() is to provide
> random_get_entropy().
>
> Switch alpha over to the new scheme of selecting ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY
> and providing random_get_entropy() in asm/random.h.
>
> Remove asm/timex.h as it has no functionality anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/alpha/include/asm/random.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h | 26 --------------------------
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
Hi,
The Alpha side looks fine to me.
I've applied this patch on top of v7.0-rc7, built a kernel successfully,
boot-tested it on an Alpha UP2000+ (SMP) without issues.
Acked-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-12 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-10 12:18 [patch 00/38] treewide: Cleanup LATCH, CLOCK_TICK_RATE and get_cycles() [ab]use Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:18 ` [patch 01/38] percpu: Sanitize __percpu_qual include hell Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:18 ` [patch 02/38] x86: Cleanup include recursion hell Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 20:55 ` [patch V1.1 " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:18 ` [patch 03/38] x86/apm: Remove last LATCH usage Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:18 ` [patch 04/38] x86: Use PIT_TICK_RATE instead of CLOCK_TICK_RATE Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:18 ` [patch 05/38] treewide: Remove CLOCK_TICK_RATE Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:18 ` [patch 06/38] calibrate: Rework delay timer calibration Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 07/38] treewide: Consolidate cycles_t Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 08/38] x86/tsc: Use rdtsc() instead of get_cycles() Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 09/38] iommu/vt-d: Use sched_clock() " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 13:45 ` Baolu Lu
2026-04-10 15:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 10/38] arcnet: Remove function timing code Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 11/38] misc: sgi-gru: Remove get_cycles() [ab]use Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 20:56 ` [patch V1.1 " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 12/38] wifi: wil6210: Replace get_cyles() usage Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 13/38] crypto: tcrypt: Replace get_cycles() with ktime_get() Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 14/38] slub: Use prandom instead of get_cycles() Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 15/38] ptp: ptp_vmclock: Replace get_cycles() usage Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 16/38] fbdev: udlfb: Replace get_cycles() with ktime_get() Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 17/38] ext4: Replace get_cycles() usage " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:19 ` [patch 18/38] lib/tests: Replace get_cycles() " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 19/38] kcsan: Replace get_cycles() usage Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 13:39 ` Marco Elver
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 20/38] kasan: sw_tags: Replace get_cycles() by random_get_entropy() Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 21/38] hamradio: baycom_epp: Remove BAYCOM_DEBUG Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 22/38] random: Provide CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 23/38] alpha: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-12 13:22 ` Magnus Lindholm [this message]
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 24/38] ARM: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 25/38] arm64: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 26/38] loongarch: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 27/38] m68k: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 15:31 ` Daniel Palmer
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 28/38] mips: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 29/38] nios2: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:20 ` [patch 30/38] openrisc: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-12 8:56 ` Stafford Horne
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 31/38] parisc: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 32/38] powerpc/spufs: Use mftb() directly Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 33/38] powerpc: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 34/38] riscv: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 35/38] s390: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 36/38] sparc: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY for SPARC64 Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 37/38] x86: Select ARCH_HAS_RANDOM_ENTROPY Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-10 12:21 ` [patch 38/38] treewide: Remove asm/timex.h includes from generic code Thomas Gleixner
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