Commit f22052b2 authored by Greg Price's avatar Greg Price Committed by Theodore Ts'o
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random: fix comment on proc_do_uuid 



There's only one function here now, as uuid_strategy is long gone.
Also make the bit about "If accesses via ..." clearer.

Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Price <price@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
parent dfd38750

drivers/char/random.c

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@@ -1512,13 +1512,13 @@ static int max_write_thresh = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32; 
static char sysctl_bootid[16];



/*

 * These functions is used to return both the bootid UUID, and random

 * This function is used to return both the bootid UUID, and random

 * UUID.  The difference is in whether table->data is NULL; if it is,

 * then a new UUID is generated and returned to the user.

 *

 * If the user accesses this via the proc interface, it will be returned

 * as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format.  If accesses via the

 * sysctl system call, it is returned as 16 bytes of binary data.

 * If the user accesses this via the proc interface, the UUID will be

 * returned as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format; if via the

 * sysctl system call, as 16 bytes of binary data.

 */

static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write,

			void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)