Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-32,: Re: /dev/random blocks forever on 2.2.12 and 2.2.16

# Re: /dev/random blocks forever on 2.2.12 and 2.2.16

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:14:19 +0100 (BST)

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Oscar Roozen writes:
> From signal.h:
> #define SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM SA_RESTART
>
> I'm getting scared now... This means to me that setting SA_RESTART also
> sets SAMPLE_RANDOM and vice versa.

SA_RESTART is the "signal" version of that flag, and is not used for
interrupt handlers (only used by userspace).
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