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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/getentropy.3')
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diff --git a/man3/getentropy.3 b/man3/getentropy.3 index f09a209..7c70623 100644 --- a/man3/getentropy.3 +++ b/man3/getentropy.3 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH getentropy 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH getentropy 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME getentropy \- fill a buffer with random bytes .SH LIBRARY @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int getentropy(void " buffer [. length "], size_t " length ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR getentropy (): .nf _DEFAULT_SOURCE @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ at the location pointed to by The maximum permitted value for the .I length argument is 256. -.PP +.P A successful call to .BR getentropy () always provides the requested number of bytes of entropy. @@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ The .BR getentropy () function is implemented using .BR getrandom (2). -.PP +.P Whereas the glibc wrapper makes .BR getrandom (2) a cancelation point, .BR getentropy () is not a cancelation point. -.PP +.P .BR getentropy () is also declared in .BR <sys/random.h> . (No feature test macro need be defined to obtain the declaration from that header file.) -.PP +.P A call to .BR getentropy () may block if the system has just booted and the kernel has |