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getrandom.2: Reads from /dev/urandom can block for large request sizes 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-01-29 09:12:48 +01:00
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@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ When reading from
.I /dev/urandom
.RB ( GRND_RANDOM
is not set),
blocking occurs only if the entropy pool has not been initialized yet.
blocking can occur if the entropy pool has not been initialized yet
or if the requested number of bytes is large.
When reading from
.I /dev/random
.RB ( GRND_RANDOM