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random.7: Tewaks after review by Ted T'so 

Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reported-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-11-15 07:40:35 +01:00
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@ -139,16 +139,18 @@ interfaces that can be used to obtain randomness.
.B GRND_NONBLOCK
is a flag that can be used to control the blocking behavior of
.BR getrandom (2).
The final column of the table considers the case that can occur
in early boot time when the entropy pool is not yet initialized.
.ad l
.TS
allbox;
lbw13 lbw12 lbw15 lbw18
lbw13 lbw12 lbw14 lbw18
l l l l.
Interface Pool T{
Blocking
\%behavior
T} T{
Behavior in early boot time
Behavior when pool is not yet ready
T}
T{
.I /dev/random
@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ T} T{
Same as
.I /dev/urandom
T} T{
Does not block once pool ready
Does not block once is pool ready
T} T{
Blocks until pool ready
T}
@ -196,10 +198,9 @@ T} T{
Same as
.I /dev/urandom
T} T{
Does not block
Does not block once is pool ready
T} T{
.B EAGAIN
if pool not ready
T}
T{
.BR getrandom ()
@ -214,7 +215,6 @@ T} T{
if not enough entropy available
T} T{
.B EAGAIN
if pool not ready
T}
.TE
.ad