From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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 E25DCC43334 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:10:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230486AbiFWRKH (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:10:07 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55904 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233426AbiFWRHq (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:07:46 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [145.40.68.75]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 607EA41FBB; Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:56:31 -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 8486BB8248A; Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:56:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EB5EDC3411B; Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:56:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1656003372; bh=8ZXgE9bnZkfVFxQmZk8wWnfouHc1dni/ai7RcwfkNDM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=Hvrusg7gnCkfLH2clW4vZsZ08iWzmlT5UGw9mYjrIJzss+YBKuoRuOiFPA7sAqxvI ZUSZlC/Xlh7JvrHhNpGLrAKPlVv2g1riLUg2Oc0ToIjMPofid06wTLer7CFksPK/JT CLsemQMHsjHX+8PuCGBlFIGhspxRbpet0pBt/5+k= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, "Jason A. Donenfeld" Subject: [PATCH 4.9 176/264] random: fix sysctl documentation nits Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:42:49 +0200 Message-Id: <20220623164349.046157906@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.36.1 In-Reply-To: <20220623164344.053938039@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20220623164344.053938039@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ This is a directory, with the following * ``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; @@ -798,10 +801,7 @@ This is a directory, with the following * ``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``