Re: [PATCH RFC v0] random: block in /dev/urandom

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:

+ * Reading from /dev/random and /dev/urandom both the same effect as
+ * calling getrandom(2) with flags=0. In earlier versions, however,
+ * they each had vastly different semantics and should therefore be
+ * avoided to prevent backwards compatibility issues.

If the end result "should be avoided", then why bother? IOW, how does this 
improve the ABI? I know you said it's a "panacea" but I'm afraid that's 
not clear to me and the patch description doesn't explain it.



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