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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> | 2022-06-25 12:49:09 +0300 |
| commit | e50058c254f9d62e4aa43bd2b2f82e8e9affe60b (patch) | |
| tree | a47296d2211dc1a8b2b40bc85b6acc3c1bb8549c /Documentation | |
| parent | f34af323d948f03519026255d3b5b2b6dcba2a49 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e50058c254f9d62e4aa43bd2b2f82e8e9affe60b.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')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 5cbdff822e41..db1676525ca3 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -835,6 +835,9 @@ 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; @@ -842,10 +845,7 @@ 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`` |