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| author | Greg Price <price@MIT.EDU> | 2013-11-29 23:58:16 +0400 |
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| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2014-03-20 06:18:50 +0400 |
| commit | f22052b2025b78475a60dbe01b66b3120f4faefa (patch) | |
| tree | fca5baf7564294a9fff29dcb38aa785f9b978e95 /drivers/char/random.c | |
| parent | dfd38750db3cc17a1da3405389a81b430720c2c6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-f22052b2025b78475a60dbe01b66b3120f4faefa.tar.xz | |
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: Greg Price <price@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/random.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index b8e44e25bc36..f0eea5fdc1b7 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -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) |