From nobody Sun May 10 12:51:57 2026 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88DFC433F5 for ; Tue, 3 May 2022 19:45:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S242088AbiECTsz (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2022 15:48:55 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43312 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S242086AbiECTsw (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2022 15:48:52 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47D3239C for ; Tue, 3 May 2022 12:45:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2844B81D9D for ; Tue, 3 May 2022 19:45:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4A726C385A9 for ; Tue, 3 May 2022 19:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=zx2c4.com header.i=@zx2c4.com header.b="h9tiuuki" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zx2c4.com; s=20210105; t=1651607108; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TEfxPcioLMI2VTe+eBWZJz8nu3ZlasYCXDFLZIcWWZ0=; b=h9tiuuki1j/xMd7cvnbMEyr+2CEbGONsIVn0Ph1spocyBN9B7WeRttMek9mz2oCTNrzTNn r6lp2ZAICE0rg1Yf0Eo0o2+3mh0I9I4BJJ33HWmqUIU2TRHzsrmlrd9vs1i4d3rwObhKYz ONJvzLwD2yicGGhi8dzAPPNIDHOl+1o= Received: by mail.zx2c4.com (ZX2C4 Mail Server) with ESMTPSA id f2460506 (TLSv1.3:AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO); Tue, 3 May 2022 19:45:08 +0000 (UTC) From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Subject: [PATCH] random: fix sysctl documentation nits Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 21:45:05 +0200 Message-Id: <20220503194505.675301-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/ad= min-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 1144ea3229a3..e9c18dabc552 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -994,6 +994,9 @@ This is a directory, with the following entries: * ``boot_id``: a UUID generated the first time this is retrieved, and unvarying after that; =20 +* ``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; =20 * ``poolsize``: the entropy pool size, in bits; @@ -1001,10 +1004,7 @@ 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; =20 * ``write_wakeup_threshold``: when the entropy count drops below this (as a number of bits), processes waiting to write to ``/dev/random`` --=20 2.35.1