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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c10
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 81b65d0e7563..4cbc73173701 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2118,8 +2118,8 @@ struct batched_entropy {
/*
* Get a random word for internal kernel use only. The quality of the random
- * number is either as good as RDRAND or as good as /dev/urandom, with the
- * goal of being quite fast and not depleting entropy.
+ * number is good as /dev/urandom, but there is no backtrack protection, with
+ * the goal of being quite fast and not depleting entropy.
*/
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct batched_entropy, batched_entropy_long);
unsigned long get_random_long(void)
@@ -2127,9 +2127,6 @@ unsigned long get_random_long(void)
unsigned long ret;
struct batched_entropy *batch;
- if (arch_get_random_long(&ret))
- return ret;
-
batch = &get_cpu_var(batched_entropy_long);
if (batch->position % ARRAY_SIZE(batch->entropy_long) == 0) {
extract_crng((u8 *)batch->entropy_long);
@@ -2153,9 +2150,6 @@ unsigned int get_random_int(void)
unsigned int ret;
struct batched_entropy *batch;
- if (arch_get_random_int(&ret))
- return ret;
-
batch = &get_cpu_var(batched_entropy_int);
if (batch->position % ARRAY_SIZE(batch->entropy_int) == 0) {
extract_crng((u8 *)batch->entropy_int);