On 2022/7/26 19:33, Guozihua (Scott) wrote:
On 2022/7/26 19:08, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 03:43:31PM +0800, Guozihua (Scott) wrote:
Thanks for all the comments on this inquiry. Does the community has any
channel to publishes changes like these? And will the man pages get
updated? If so, are there any time frame?
I was under the impression you were ultimately okay with the status quo.
Have I misunderstood you?
Thanks,
Jason
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Hi Jason.
To clarify, I does not have any issue with this change. I asked here
only because I would like some background knowledge on this flag, to
ensure I am on the same page as the community regarding this flag and
the change. And it seems that I understands it correctly.
However I do think it's a good idea to update the document soon to avoid
any misunderstanding in the future.
Our colleague suggests that we should inform users clearly about the
change on the flag by returning -EINVAL when /dev/random gets this flag
during boot process. Otherwise programs might silently block for a long
time, causing other issues. Do you think this is a good way to prevent
similar issues on this flag?
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Best
GUO Zihua
