linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] random: re-add removed comment about get_random

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Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:10:35 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] random: re-add removed comment about
 get_random_{u32,u64} reseeding

Am Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 02:10:18PM -0600 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> The comment about get_random_{u32,u64}() not invoking reseeding got
> added in an unrelated commit, that then was recently reverted by
> 0313bc278dac ("Revert "random: block in /dev/urandom""). So this adds
> that little comment snippet back, and improves the wording a bit too.
> 
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

	Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>