diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4ab0bda06cc5..f712359760ae 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b4237003cff66084ebeb502412d9cee392e6f52f
+refs/heads/master: cbc96b7594b5691d61eba2db8b2ea723645be9ca
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/random.c b/trunk/drivers/char/random.c
index 9793b40f5754..1a2dfa816041 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,16 @@ static void init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
 	mix_pool_bytes(r, utsname(), sizeof(*(utsname())), NULL);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note that setup_arch() may call add_device_randomness()
+ * long before we get here. This allows seeding of the pools
+ * with some platform dependent data very early in the boot
+ * process. But it limits our options here. We must use
+ * statically allocated structures that already have all
+ * initializations complete at compile time. We should also
+ * take care not to overwrite the precious per platform data
+ * we were given.
+ */
 static int rand_initialize(void)
 {
 	init_std_data(&input_pool);