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@@ -1170,8 +1170,9 @@ static ssize_t extract_entropy_user(struct entropy_store *r, void __user *buf,
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/*
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* This function is the exported kernel interface. It returns some
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* number of good random numbers, suitable for key generation, seeding
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- * TCP sequence numbers, etc. It does not use the hw random number
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- * generator, if available; use get_random_bytes_arch() for that.
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+ * TCP sequence numbers, etc. It does not rely on the hardware random
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+ * number generator. For random bytes direct from the hardware RNG
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+ * (when available), use get_random_bytes_arch().
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*/
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void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
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{
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