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| author | Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> | 2022-05-03 21:43:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-05-30 09:29:12 +0200 |
| commit | 2814a9e632db40f6591b12f1e8b6b610ee1bd854 (patch) | |
| tree | 678600fd4bdfb18faf18cb0d5f73ade32f8b153c /Documentation | |
| parent | 4179671f496bdc26d2c85ffb3cca16f297f6d852 (diff) | |
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/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 9df263c85aab..609b89175408 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -1014,6 +1014,9 @@ 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; @@ -1021,10 +1024,7 @@ 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`` |