Commit 069c4ea6 authored by Jason A. Donenfeld's avatar Jason A. Donenfeld
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random: fix sysctl documentation nits 



A semicolon was missing, and the almost-alphabetical-but-not ordering
was confusing, so regroup these by category instead.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
parent c5eb0a61

Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst

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@@ -994,6 +994,9 @@ 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;
@@ -1001,10 +1004,7 @@ 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``