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Jarod Wilson 442a4fffff random: update interface comments to reflect reality 
At present, the comment header in random.c makes no mention of
add_disk_randomness, and instead, suggests that disk activity adds to the
random pool by way of add_interrupt_randomness, which appears to not have
been the case since sometime prior to the existence of git, and even prior
to bitkeeper. Didn't look any further back. At least, as far as I can
tell, there are no storage drivers setting IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM, which is a
requirement for add_interrupt_randomness to trigger, so the only way for a
disk to contribute entropy is by way of add_disk_randomness. Update
comments accordingly, complete with special mention about solid state
drives being a crappy source of entropy (see e2e1a148bc for reference).

Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2011-02-21 22:42:42 +11:00
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agp agp/intel: Fix device names of i845 and 845G 2011-01-14 16:36:19 +00:00
hw_random hwrng: omap - Convert release_resource to release_region/release_mem_region 2011-02-16 13:05:54 +11:00
ip2 ip2: fix compiler warning on ip2main_pci_tbl 2010-12-10 15:20:15 -08:00
ipmi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2011-01-13 20:15:35 -08:00
mwave drivers/char/mwave/Makefile: clean up 2010-10-27 18:03:15 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia/ipwireless: don't use flush_scheduled_work() 2010-12-24 15:59:06 +01:00
rio drivers/char/rio/Makefile: replace the use of <module>-objs with <module>-y 2010-10-27 18:03:15 -07:00
tpm Merge branch 'master' into next 2011-01-10 09:46:24 +11:00
xilinx_hwicap Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
amiserial.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
apm-emulation.c Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
applicom.c drivers/char/applicom.c: fix information leak to userland 2010-10-27 18:03:14 -07:00
applicom.h
bfin_jtag_comm.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
bfin-otp.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
briq_panel.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
bsr.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
cd1865.h
cyclades.c tty: icount changeover for other main devices 2010-10-22 10:20:05 -07:00
digi1.h
digiFep1.h
digiPCI.h
ds1302.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
ds1620.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
dsp56k.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
dtlk.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
efirtc.c
epca.c epca: Kill the big kernel lock 2010-08-10 13:47:40 -07:00
epca.h
epcaconfig.h
generic_nvram.c drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-10-05 15:01:04 +02:00
generic_serial.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
genrtc.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
hangcheck-timer.c Input: sysrq - drop tty argument form handle_sysrq() 2010-08-21 00:34:45 -07:00
hpet.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
i8k.c Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again) 2010-11-15 13:27:06 -08:00
isicom.c isicom: kill off the BKL 2010-08-10 13:47:40 -07:00
istallion.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'akpm' 2011-01-20 17:02:14 -08:00
lp.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
Makefile tty: move hvc drivers to drivers/tty/hvc/ 2011-01-13 12:03:00 -08:00
mbcs.c drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-10-05 15:01:04 +02:00
mbcs.h
mem.c vfs: introduce FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET for allowing negative f_pos 2010-10-25 21:18:21 -04:00
misc.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
mmtimer.c SGI Altix IA64 mmtimer: eliminate long interval timer holdoffs 2010-10-27 18:03:14 -07:00
moxa.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
moxa.h
mspec.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
mxser.c drivers/char/mxser.c: fix compilation warning in mxser.c 2010-10-27 18:03:15 -07:00
mxser.h
nozomi.c nozomi: Fix warning from the previous TIOCGCOUNT changes 2010-11-09 14:49:38 -08:00
nsc_gpio.c
nvram.c drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-10-05 15:01:04 +02:00
nwbutton.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
nwbutton.h
nwflash.c drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-10-05 15:01:04 +02:00
pc8736x_gpio.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
ppdev.c drivers/char/ppdev.c: fix information leak to userland 2010-10-27 18:03:14 -07:00
ps3flash.c drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync 2010-05-27 22:05:02 -04:00
ramoops.c ramoops: fix types, remove typecasts 2011-01-13 08:03:23 -08:00
random.c random: update interface comments to reflect reality 2011-02-21 22:42:42 +11:00
raw.c block: make blkdev_get/put() handle exclusive access 2010-11-13 11:55:17 +01:00
riscom8_reg.h
riscom8.c riscom8: kill use of lock_kernel 2010-08-10 13:47:40 -07:00
riscom8.h
rocket_int.h
rocket.c rocket: fix compiler warning on rocket_pci_ids 2010-12-10 15:20:14 -08:00
rocket.h
rtc.c of/device: Replace struct of_device with struct platform_device 2010-08-06 09:25:50 -06:00
scc.h
scx200_gpio.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
ser_a2232.c
ser_a2232.h
ser_a2232fw.ax
ser_a2232fw.h
serial167.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
snsc_event.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
snsc.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
snsc.h headers: kobject.h redux 2011-01-10 08:51:44 -08:00
sonypi.c sonypi: don't use flush_scheduled_work() 2010-12-24 15:59:07 +01:00
specialix_io8.h
specialix.c Merge branch 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6 2011-01-07 14:39:20 -08:00
stallion.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
sx.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
sx.h
sxboards.h
sxwindow.h
synclink_gt.c drivers/char/synclink_gt.c: add extended sync feature 2010-10-27 18:03:14 -07:00
synclink.c tty: icount changeover for other main devices 2010-10-22 10:20:05 -07:00
synclinkmp.c tty: icount changeover for other main devices 2010-10-22 10:20:05 -07:00
tb0219.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
tlclk.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
toshiba.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
ttyprintk.c add ttyprintk driver 2010-10-22 10:20:02 -07:00
uv_mmtimer.c BKL: remove extraneous #include <smp_lock.h> 2010-11-17 08:59:32 -08:00
viotape.c Merge branch 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl 2010-10-22 10:52:56 -07:00
vme_scc.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00