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author | Greg Price <price@MIT.EDU> | 2013-11-29 14:58:16 -0500 |
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committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2014-03-19 22:18:50 -0400 |
commit | f22052b2025b78475a60dbe01b66b3120f4faefa (patch) | |
tree | fca5baf7564294a9fff29dcb38aa785f9b978e95 /drivers/char/random.c | |
parent | dfd38750db3cc17a1da3405389a81b430720c2c6 (diff) |
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: Greg Price <price@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/random.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index b8e44e25bc36..f0eea5fdc1b7 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c | |||
@@ -1512,13 +1512,13 @@ static int max_write_thresh = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32; | |||
1512 | static char sysctl_bootid[16]; | 1512 | static char sysctl_bootid[16]; |
1513 | 1513 | ||
1514 | /* | 1514 | /* |
1515 | * These functions is used to return both the bootid UUID, and random | 1515 | * This function is used to return both the bootid UUID, and random |
1516 | * UUID. The difference is in whether table->data is NULL; if it is, | 1516 | * UUID. The difference is in whether table->data is NULL; if it is, |
1517 | * then a new UUID is generated and returned to the user. | 1517 | * then a new UUID is generated and returned to the user. |
1518 | * | 1518 | * |
1519 | * If the user accesses this via the proc interface, it will be returned | 1519 | * If the user accesses this via the proc interface, the UUID will be |
1520 | * as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format. If accesses via the | 1520 | * returned as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format; if via the |
1521 | * sysctl system call, it is returned as 16 bytes of binary data. | 1521 | * sysctl system call, as 16 bytes of binary data. |
1522 | */ | 1522 | */ |
1523 | static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write, | 1523 | static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write, |
1524 | void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) | 1524 | void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) |