linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: replace RDRAND forced-reseed with simple sanity check

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1508022050010.3825@nanos>
Date:	Sun, 2 Aug 2015 20:50:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Jeff Epler <jepler@...ythonic.net>
cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: replace RDRAND forced-reseed with simple sanity
 check

On Sun, 2 Aug 2015, Jeff Epler wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:27:39AM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> >  	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND))
> > -		return;		/* Nothing to do */
> > +		return;
> 
> Why remove this comment?

Because it's pointless.
 
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