linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call

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Message-ID: <20140717120949.GB24362@distanz.ch>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:09:49 +0200
From:	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-abi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, beck@...nbsd.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call

On 2014-07-17 at 11:18:15 +0200, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:

[...]

> +/*
> + * Flags for getrandom(2)
> + *
> + * GAND_BLOCK 		Allow getrandom(2) to block
> + * GAND_RANDOM		Use the /dev/random pool instead of /dev/urandom
> + */

Very minor nitpick: These should probably read GRND_BLOCK/GRND_RANDOM as
well, no?

> +#define GRND_BLOCK	0x0001
> +#define GRND_RANDOM	0x0002
> +
>  #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_RANDOM_H */
> -- 
> 2.0.0
> 
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