From: Matt Mackall Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall Cc: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/random.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~random-reuse-rand_initialize drivers/char/random.c --- a/drivers/char/random.c~random-reuse-rand_initialize +++ a/drivers/char/random.c @@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static void init_std_data(struct entropy sizeof(*(utsname()))/4); } -static int __init rand_initialize(void) +static int rand_initialize(void) { init_std_data(&input_pool); init_std_data(&blocking_pool); @@ -1101,9 +1101,7 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, /* Clear the entropy pool counters. */ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; - init_std_data(&input_pool); - init_std_data(&blocking_pool); - init_std_data(&nonblocking_pool); + rand_initialize(); return 0; default: return -EINVAL; _