Re: [patch] random.4: Update description about O_NONBLOCK flag

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* GUO Zihua:

> diff --git a/man4/random.4 b/man4/random.4
> index bea860e7f0d7..5b2094931449 100644
> --- a/man4/random.4
> +++ b/man4/random.4
> @@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ high quality randomness, and can afford indeterminate delays.
>  .PP
>  When the entropy pool is empty, reads from \fI/dev/random\fP will block
>  until additional environmental noise is gathered.
> -If
> +Since Linux 5.6, the
> +.B O_NONBLOCK
> +flag is removed as
> +.I /dev/random
> +will no longer block except during 
> +early boot process. In eariler versions, if
>  .BR open (2)
>  is called for
>  .I /dev/random

Is ”is removed” correct here?  Should it be “is ignored” instead?

Thanks,
Florian





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