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Commit f22052b2 authored by Greg Price's avatar Greg Price Committed by Theodore Ts'o
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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: default avatarGreg Price <price@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
parent dfd38750
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@@ -1512,13 +1512,13 @@ static int max_write_thresh = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32;
static char sysctl_bootid[16];

/*
 * These functions is used to return both the bootid UUID, and random
 * This function is used to return both the bootid UUID, and random
 * UUID.  The difference is in whether table->data is NULL; if it is,
 * then a new UUID is generated and returned to the user.
 *
 * If the user accesses this via the proc interface, it will be returned
 * as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format.  If accesses via the
 * sysctl system call, it is returned as 16 bytes of binary data.
 * If the user accesses this via the proc interface, the UUID will be
 * returned as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format; if via the
 * sysctl system call, as 16 bytes of binary data.
 */
static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
			void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)