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By author: Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> Hmm.. Some came to mind :
>
> Making /dev/random block if the amount requirements aren't met makes sense
> to me. If I request x bytes of random stuff, and get less, I probably
> reread /dev/random. If it's entropy pool is exhausted it makes sense to be
> to block.
>
Yes, it does, but it doesn't make any sense to block if there are data
to be read. If you need a larger read then you should advance your
pointer and try again with the residual size, or use fread() which
does this for you.
-hpa
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