git: 3d4d778262e4 - main - random: Correct wording in a comment
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:09:18 UTC
The branch main has been updated by markj:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3d4d778262e459c9c80781a3474908d090ffb061
commit 3d4d778262e459c9c80781a3474908d090ffb061
Author: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-08-19 14:04:57 +0000
Commit: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-08-19 14:04:57 +0000
random: Correct wording in a comment
In the calculation of the cutoff value, we haven't changed the window
size itself, just the example formula, which takes the window size as a
parameter.
Reviewed by: cem
Fixes: f92ff79720fb ("random: Add NIST SP 800-90B entropy source health test implementations")
Sponsored by: Stormshield
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52002
---
sys/dev/random/random_harvestq.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys/dev/random/random_harvestq.c b/sys/dev/random/random_harvestq.c
index c7762967c4fb..ced15262457f 100644
--- a/sys/dev/random/random_harvestq.c
+++ b/sys/dev/random/random_harvestq.c
@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ random_healthtest_init(enum random_entropy_source source)
* The RCT limit comes from the formula in section 4.4.1.
*
* The APT cutoff is calculated using the formula in section 4.4.2
- * footnote 10 with the window size changed from 512 to 511, since the
- * test as written counts the number of samples equal to the first
- * sample in the window, and thus tests W-1 samples.
+ * footnote 10 with the number of Bernoulli trials changed from W to
+ * W-1, since the test as written counts the number of samples equal to
+ * the first sample in the window, and thus tests W-1 samples.
*/
ht->ht_rct_limit = 35;
ht->ht_apt_cutoff = 330;