[PATCH] fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes()

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Wed Nov 16 2011 - 13:51:02 EST


If there is an architecture-specific random number generator we use
it to acquire randomness one "long" at a time. We should put these
random words into consecutive words in the result buffer - not just
overwrite the first word again and again.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>

---

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 63e19ba..6035ab8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
if (!arch_get_random_long(&v))
break;

- memcpy(buf, &v, chunk);
+ memcpy(p, &v, chunk);
p += chunk;
nbytes -= chunk;
}
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