linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random: re-add removed comment about get_random

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Message-ID: <CAHmME9r7+tU6sU80opW-cyw4srsnOpLTsUKUv2Qdfs-DtPYekw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:45:22 -0600
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: re-add removed comment about get_random_{u32,u64} reseeding

Hi Dominik,

Good point; might as well take this opportunity to firm up that
wording. How about:

"... and do not invoke reseeding until the buffer is emptied."

Jason