From: Matt Mackall Remove unused extract_timer_state struct. It was formerly used to feedback zero-entropy timing samples while extracting entropy, but that had a tendency to overwhelm the batch processing queue and prevent storing real samples. Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/drivers/char/random.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~random-pt2-kill-dead-extract_state-struct drivers/char/random.c --- 25/drivers/char/random.c~random-pt2-kill-dead-extract_state-struct 2005-01-16 00:53:33.704884968 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/random.c 2005-01-16 00:53:33.710884056 -0800 @@ -777,7 +777,6 @@ struct timer_rand_state { }; static struct timer_rand_state input_timer_state; -static struct timer_rand_state extract_timer_state; static struct timer_rand_state *irq_timer_state[NR_IRQS]; /* @@ -1515,7 +1514,6 @@ static int __init rand_initialize(void) #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL sysctl_init_random(random_state); #endif - extract_timer_state.dont_count_entropy = 1; return 0; err: return -1; _