Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:21:41 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH, RFC] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call |
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2014, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Can we please have a mode in which getrandom(2) can neither block nor > fail? If that gets added, then this can replace things like AT_RANDOM.
If a call to get random data isn't allowed to either block or fail, what is it supposed to return if there isn't random data available?
David Lang
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