Re: [PATCH -v5] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call

2014-07-30 Thread Rolf Eike Beer
Theodore Ts'o wrote: It's me again, finding only one issue per cycle :/ > EAGAIN The requested entropy was not available, and > getentropy(2) would have blocked if GRND_BLOCK flag > was set. "if GRND_NONBLOCK flag was not set" Eike -- T

Re: [PATCH -v4] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call

2014-07-22 Thread Rolf Eike Beer
> EAGAIN The requested entropy was not available, and the > getentropy(2) would have blocked if GRND_BLOCK flag > was set. I think either "and the call to getentropy(2)" or "and getentropy(2)" here. Greetings, Eike -- To unsubscribe from

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

2014-07-18 Thread Rolf Eike Beer
Theodore Ts'o wrote: > DESCRIPTION > > The system call getrandom() fills the buffer pointed to by buf > with up to buflen random bytes which can be used to seed user > space random number generators (i.e., DRBG's) or for other > cryptographic processes. It should not be u