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hwrng: Pass entropy to add_hwgenerator_randomness() in bits, not bytes
authorStephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:19:18 +0000 (15:19 -0700)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Tue, 5 Aug 2014 20:50:10 +0000 (16:50 -0400)
commite02b876597777ab26288dd2611a97b597d14d661
tree37bb8eb37e3d63932794f878a84d92dc8830e97ftree | snapshot
parent48d6be955a7167b0d0e025ae6c39e795e3544499commit | diff
hwrng: Pass entropy to add_hwgenerator_randomness() in bits, not bytes

rng_get_data() returns the number of bytes read from the hardware.
The entropy argument to add_hwgenerator_randomness() is passed
directly to credit_entropy_bits() so we should be passing the
number of bits, not bytes here.

Fixes: be4000bc464 "hwrng: create filler thread"
Acked-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
drivers/char/hw_random/core.c diff | blob | history
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