getrandom.2, random.7: wfix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

man2/getrandom.2

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ By default,
 .BR getrandom ()
 draws entropy from the
 .I urandom
-pool (i.e., the same source as the
+source (i.e., the same source as the
 .IR /dev/urandom
 device).
 This behavior can be changed via the
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ argument.
 
 If the
 .I urandom
-pool has been initialized,
+source has been initialized,
 reads of up to 256 bytes will always return as many bytes as
 requested and will not be interrupted by signals.
 No such guarantees apply for larger buffer sizes.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ it may return a partially filled buffer, or fail with the error
 
 If the
 .I urandom
-pool has not yet been initialized, then
+source has not yet been initialized, then
 .BR getrandom ()
 will block, unless
 .B GRND_NONBLOCK
@@ -80,20 +80,20 @@ ORed together:
 .B GRND_RANDOM
 If this bit is set, then random bytes are drawn from the
 .I random
-pool
+source
 (i.e., the same source as the 
 .IR /dev/random
 device)
 instead of the
 .I urandom
-pool.
+source.
 The
 .I random
-pool is limited based on the entropy that can be obtained from environmental
+source is limited based on the entropy that can be obtained from environmental
 noise.
 If the number of available bytes in the
 .I random
-pool is less than requested in
+source is less than requested in
 .IR buflen ,
 the call returns just the available random bytes.
 If no random bytes are available, the behavior depends on the presence of
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ argument.
 .B GRND_NONBLOCK
 By default, when reading from the
 .IR random
-pool,
+source,
 .BR getrandom ()
 blocks if no random bytes are available,
 and when reading from the
 .IR urandom
-pool, it blocks if the entropy pool has not yet been initialized.
+source, it blocks if the entropy pool has not yet been initialized.
 If the
 .B GRND_NONBLOCK
 flag is set, then
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ was specified in
 .IR flags
 and insufficient entropy was present in the
 .IR random
-pool or the system call was interrupted by a signal.
+source or the system call was interrupted by a signal.
 .PP
 On error, \-1 is returned, and
 .I errno
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ As of Linux 3.19 the following limits apply:
 .IP * 3
 When reading from the
 .IR urandom
-pool, a maximum of 33554431 bytes is returned by a single call to
+source, a maximum of 33554431 bytes is returned by a single call to
 .BR getrandom ()
 on systems where
 .I int
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ has a size of 32 bits.
 .IP *
 When reading from the
 .IR random
-pool, a maximum of 512 bytes is returned.
+source, a maximum of 512 bytes is returned.
 .SS Interruption by a signal handler
 When reading from the
 .I urandom
-pool
+source
 .RB ( GRND_RANDOM
 is not set),
 .BR getrandom ()
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ from kernel memory to
 .IR buf .
 When reading from the
 .I random
-pool
+source
 .RB ( GRND_RANDOM
 is set),
 .BR getrandom ()
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ The behavior when a call to
 .BR getrandom ()
 that is blocked while reading from the
 .I urandom
-pool is interrupted by a signal handler
+source is interrupted by a signal handler
 depends on the initialization state of the entropy buffer
 and on the request size,
 .IR buflen .
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Instead, it will return all of the bytes that have been requested.
 
 When reading from the
 .IR random
-pool, blocking requests of any size can be interrupted by a signal handler
+source, blocking requests of any size can be interrupted by a signal handler
 (the call fails with the error
 .BR EINTR ).
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Using
 .BR getrandom ()
 to read small buffers (<=\ 256 bytes) from the
 .I urandom
-pool is the preferred mode of usage.
+source is the preferred mode of usage.
 
 The special treatment of small values of
 .I buflen

man7/random.7

@@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ This system call provides access either to the same source as
 .I /dev/urandom
 (called the
 .I urandom
-pool in this page)
+source in this page)
 or to the same source as
 .I /dev/random
 (called the
 .I random
-pool in this page).
+source in this page).
 The default is the
 .I urandom
-pool; the 
+source; the 
 .I random
-pool is selected by specifying the
+source is selected by specifying the
 .BR GRND_RANDOM
 flag to the system call.
 .\"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ flag or the
 device.
 The cryptographic algorithms used for the
 .IR urandom
-pool are quite conservative, and so should be sufficient for all purposes.
+source are quite conservative, and so should be sufficient for all purposes.
 
 The disadvantage of
 .B GRND_RANDOM