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| author | Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> | 2022-05-03 22:43:58 +0300 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-06-22 15:11:14 +0300 |
| commit | b88ae87b100c8a4de13a9783ef47dd4d314064bd (patch) | |
| tree | b23ffc8538ca715d0a19b971a3987fcca9fb9b01 /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | 465425748359762cc29e90ec44250570c419d024 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b88ae87b100c8a4de13a9783ef47dd4d314064bd.tar.xz | |
random: fix sysctl documentation nits
commit 069c4ea6871c18bd368f27756e0f91ffb524a788 upstream.
A semicolon was missing, and the almost-alphabetical-but-not ordering
was confusing, so regroup these by category instead.
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 05fa8c9d63a7..9715685be6e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -876,6 +876,9 @@ This is a directory, with the following entries: * ``boot_id``: a UUID generated the first time this is retrieved, and unvarying after that; +* ``uuid``: a UUID generated every time this is retrieved (this can + thus be used to generate UUIDs at will); + * ``entropy_avail``: the pool's entropy count, in bits; * ``poolsize``: the entropy pool size, in bits; @@ -883,10 +886,7 @@ This is a directory, with the following entries: * ``urandom_min_reseed_secs``: obsolete (used to determine the minimum number of seconds between urandom pool reseeding). This file is writable for compatibility purposes, but writing to it has no effect - on any RNG behavior. - -* ``uuid``: a UUID generated every time this is retrieved (this can - thus be used to generate UUIDs at will); + on any RNG behavior; * ``write_wakeup_threshold``: when the entropy count drops below this (as a number of bits), processes waiting to write to ``/dev/random`` |