From 881e20e4355f886b3d5872f516a0d7370fae4611 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:27:30 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] random: fix sysctl documentation nits stable inclusion from stable-v5.10.119 commit ec25e386d38190441a6a13423ec5fe842409c254 category: bugfix bugzilla: https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel/issues/I5L6BB Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=ec25e386d38190441a6a13423ec5fe842409c254 -------------------------------- 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 Signed-off-by: Zheng Zengkai Acked-by: Xie XiuQi --- 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/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 709173fcb58c..83ad8d6a1f73 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -1006,6 +1006,9 @@ This is a directory, with the following entries: * ``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; @@ -1013,10 +1016,7 @@ 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; * ``write_wakeup_threshold``: when the entropy count drops below this (as a number of bits), processes waiting to write to ``/dev/random`` -- GitLab