Re: /dev/random blocks forever on 2.2.12 and 2.2.16

[Russell King]

Oscar Roozen writes:
> From signal.h:
> #define SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM SA_RESTART
> 
> I'm getting scared now... This means to me that setting SA_RESTART also
> sets SAMPLE_RANDOM and vice versa. 

SA_RESTART is the "signal" version of that flag, and is not used for
interrupt handlers (only used by userspace).
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