[PATCH] random.c: fix a typo in comments

[PATCH] random.c: fix a typo in comments

[Stefan Beller]

Also removes (trailing) tabs from an empty line.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 7737b5b..a8457f2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static struct poolinfo {
  * modulo the generator polymnomial.  Now, for random primitive polynomials,
  * this is a universal class of hash functions, meaning that the chance
  * of a collision is limited by the attacker's knowledge of the generator
- * polynomail, so if it is chosen at random, an attacker can never force
+ * polynomial, so if it is chosen at random, an attacker can never force
  * a collision.  Here, we use a fixed polynomial, but we *can* assume that
  * ###--> it is unknown to the processes generating the input entropy. <-###
  * Because of this important property, this is a good, collision-resistant
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ void get_random_bytes_arch(void *buf, int nbytes)
 
 		if (!arch_get_random_long(&v))
 			break;
-		
+
 		memcpy(p, &v, chunk);
 		p += chunk;
 		nbytes -= chunk;
-- 
1.8.4.1.469.gb38b9db

[PATCH] random.c: fix a typo in comments

[Stefan Beller]

Also removes (trailing) tabs from an empty line.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 57d4b15..294a59c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static struct poolinfo {
  * modulo the generator polymnomial.  Now, for random primitive polynomials,
  * this is a universal class of hash functions, meaning that the chance
  * of a collision is limited by the attacker's knowledge of the generator
- * polynomail, so if it is chosen at random, an attacker can never force
+ * polynomial, so if it is chosen at random, an attacker can never force
  * a collision.  Here, we use a fixed polynomial, but we *can* assume that
  * ###--> it is unknown to the processes generating the input entropy. <-###
  * Because of this important property, this is a good, collision-resistant
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ void get_random_bytes_arch(void *buf, int nbytes)
 
 		if (!arch_get_random_long(&v))
 			break;
-		
+
 		memcpy(p, &v, chunk);
 		p += chunk;
 		nbytes -= chunk;
-- 
1.8.4.1.471.g53f64e4.dirty

Re: [PATCH] random.c: fix a typo in comments

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 04:38:49PM +0200, Stefan Beller wrote:
> Also removes (trailing) tabs from an empty line.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>

Thanks for sending the patch, but the comments in this section have
since been reworded in random.git, so this patch is no longer
applicable to the random.git tree which will be pushed upstream at the
next merge window.

Cheers,

						- Ted