linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: rng - fix documentation for crypto_rng

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Message-ID: <aBiuQqT404K56J_q@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 20:25:38 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.oss@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: rng - fix documentation for crypto_rng_alg()

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 02:59:53PM +0300, Ovidiu Panait wrote:
> Current documentation states that crypto_rng_alg() returns the cra_name of
> the rng algorithm, but it actually returns a 'struct rng_alg' pointer from
> a RNG handle.
> 
> Update documentation to reflect this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.oss@...il.com>
> ---
>  include/crypto/rng.h | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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