[PATCH] random: Document add_hwgenerator_randomness() with other input functions
From: Mark Brown
Date: Fri Apr 24 2020 - 08:40:15 EST
The section at the top of random.c which documents the input functions
available does not document add_hwgenerator_randomness() which might lead
a reader to overlook it. Add a brief note about it.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 0d10e31fd342..ba2dc45bf718 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@
* particular randomness source. They do this by keeping track of the
* first and second order deltas of the event timings.
*
+ * There is also an interface for true hardware RNGs:
+ *
+ * void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
+ * size_t entropy);
+ *
+ * This will credit entropy as specified by the caller, if the entropy
+ * pool is full it will block until more entropy is needed.
+ *
* Ensuring unpredictability at system startup
* ============================================
*
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