Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Jason A. Donenfeld" <> | Subject | [PATCH] random: re-add removed comment about get_random_{u32,u64} reseeding | Date | Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:23:36 -0600 |
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The comment about get_random_{u32,u64}() not invoking reseeding got added in an unrelated commit, that then was recently reverted. So this adds that little comment snippet back.
Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> --- drivers/char/random.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 1d7aac2a9600..82e37d7dd9f1 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static void _warn_unseeded_randomness(const char *func_name, void *caller, void * into the given buffer or as a return value. This is equivalent to * a read from /dev/urandom. The integer family of functions may be * higher performance for one-off random integers, because they do a - * bit of buffering. + * bit of buffering and do not invoke reseeding. * *********************************************************************/ -- 2.35.1
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