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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/getentropy.2 | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getentropy.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getentropy.2 index 895ee444551..234969e7a1d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getentropy.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getentropy.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getentropy.2,v 1.8 2015/01/31 00:20:12 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getentropy.2,v 1.9 2019/09/28 14:55:12 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2014 Theo de Raadt .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 31 2015 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 28 2019 $ .Dt GETENTROPY 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -31,16 +31,15 @@ as input for process-context pseudorandom generators like .Xr arc4random 3 . .Pp The maximum buffer size permitted is 256 bytes. -If -.Fa buflen -exceeds this, an error of -.Er EIO -will be indicated. .Pp .Fn getentropy is not intended for regular code; please use the .Xr arc4random 3 family of functions instead. +.Pp +The high-quality entropy data is provided by the +.Xr random 4 +subsystem. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std .Sh ERRORS |