From: Rolf Eike Beer Subject: Re: [PATCH -v5] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:34:40 +0200 Message-ID: <3912417.mEOGY4YVAb@devpool02> References: <1406212287-9855-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: Linux Kernel Developers List , linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-crypto-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Theodore Ts'o Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1406212287-9855-1-git-send-email-tytso-3s7WtUTddSA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org Theodore Ts'o wrote: It's me again, finding only one issue per cycle :/ > EAGAIN The requested entropy was not available, and > getentropy(2) would have blocked if GRND_BLOCK flag > was set. "if GRND_NONBLOCK flag was not set" Eike