On 2022/8/3 15:27, Florian Weimer wrote:
* 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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Hi Florian
Indeed this could be even more precise.
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Best
GUO Zihua
