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authorGreg Price <price@MIT.EDU>2013-11-29 20:58:16 +0100
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2014-03-20 03:18:50 +0100
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parentrandom: fix typos / spelling errors in comments (diff)
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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: Greg Price <price@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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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)