> Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 22:10:55 +0000 > From: m...@netbsd.org > > I still don't find the getrandom man page you provided to be good, it > talks about "/dev/random behaviour" which is something you've changed to > not have this behaviour.
Can you be specific? The phrase `/dev/random behaviour' does not appear in the man page I wrote, but the behaviour of getrandom(..., GRND_RANDOM) and the behaviour of reads from /dev/random are exactly the same in Linux since getrandom was introduced, and in the patch I proposed, so I'm not sure what the issue is. I tried to emphasize that GRND_RANDOM is provided only for source compatibility with Linux and should generally be avoided: `This is provided mainly for source compatibility with Linux; there is essentially no reason to ever use it.' `(No examples of GRND_RANDOM because it is not useful.)' `GRND_RANDOM is a little silly.' But perhaps I left something in that is still confusing and/or gives the impression that GRND_RANDOM _should_ be used for some applications; if so, please let me know where? It's also entirely possible that I'm so steeped in this that what I wrote is unclear for anyone who is not so steeped in it. Concrete suggestions or feedback about places where the prose I wrote remains confusing are welcome.
