1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 8c548232ba39..5e42eb119677 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -893,22 +893,6 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
                 return -ENOSYS;
         if (!try_module_get(desc->owner))
                 return -ENODEV;
-        /*
-         * Some drivers like serial.c use request_irq() heavily,
-         * so we have to be careful not to interfere with a
-         * running system.
-         */
-        if (new->flags & IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM) {
-                /*
-                 * This function might sleep, we want to call it first,
-                 * outside of the atomic block.
-                 * Yes, this might clear the entropy pool if the wrong
-                 * driver is attempted to be loaded, without actually
-                 * installing a new handler, but is this really a problem,
-                 * only the sysadmin is able to do this.
-                 */
-                rand_initialize_irq(irq);
-        }
 
         /*
          * Check whether the interrupt nests into another interrupt
@@ -1354,7 +1338,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_irq);
  *      Flags:
  *
  *      IRQF_SHARED             Interrupt is shared
- *      IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM      The interrupt can be used for entropy
  *      IRQF_TRIGGER_*          Specify active edge(s) or level
  *
  */