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getrandom.2: NOTES: clarify discussion of EINTR error 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-01-27 10:22:32 +01:00
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@ -191,11 +191,15 @@ is interrupted by a signal handler
depends on the initialization state of the entropy buffer
and on the request size,
.IR buflen .
If the entropy is not yet initialized or the request size is large
.RI ( buflen "\ >\ 256),"
then the call will fail with the
If the entropy is not yet initialized, then the call will fail with the
.B EINTR
error.
If the entropy pool has been initialized
and the request size is large
.RI ( buflen "\ >\ 256),"
the call either succeeds, returning a partially filled buffer,
or fails with the error
.BR EINTR.
If the entropy pool has been initialized and the request size is small
.RI ( buflen "\ <=\ 256),"
then