On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:16:56PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 10:25 AM Guozihua (Scott) <guozihua@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 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 > > >> . > > > > > > 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? > > I still don't really understand what you want. First you said this was > a problem and we should reintroduce the old behavior. Then you said no > big deal and the docs just needed to be updated. Now you're saying > this is a problem and we should reintroduce the old behavior? > > I'm just a bit lost on where we were in the conversation. > > Also, could you let me know whether this is affecting real things for > Huawei, or if this is just something you happened to notice but > doesn't have any practical impact? Just following up on this again...
