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author | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2020-04-09 21:21:16 +0000 |
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committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2020-04-09 21:21:16 +0000 |
commit | 319d2a7b60cc0d06bb5c29684c23475d41a7f8b7 (patch) | |
tree | 04e8807b5fe64ee1d0ec968cd6bb4bdd7d2f8919 /manual | |
parent | b56875d5e06e869b1a7f4408b68cb74544c094b0 (diff) | |
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Add GRND_INSECURE from Linux 5.6 to sys/random.h
This patch adds the GRND_INSECURE constant from Linux 5.6 to glibc's sys/random.h. This is also added to the documentation. The constant acts as a no-op for the Hurd implementation (as that doesn't check whether the flags are known), which is semantically fine, while older Linux kernels reject unknown flags with an EINVAL error. Tested for x86_64.
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diff --git a/manual/crypt.texi b/manual/crypt.texi index c41b911c8f..af23dd7847 100644 --- a/manual/crypt.texi +++ b/manual/crypt.texi @@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ booted and the randomness source has not yet been initialized. @item GRND_NONBLOCK Instead of blocking, return to the caller immediately if no data is available. + +@item GRND_INSECURE +Write random data that may not be cryptographically secure. @end table Unlike @code{getentropy}, the @code{getrandom} function is a |