Re: [PATCH, RFC] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call
From: Rolf Eike Beer
Date: Fri Jul 18 2014 - 12:37:01 EST
Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> DESCRIPTION
>
> The system call getrandom() fills the buffer pointed to by buf
> with up to buflen random bytes which can be used to seed user
> space random number generators (i.e., DRBG's) or for other
> cryptographic processes. It should not be used Monte Carlo
> simulations or for other probabilistic sampling applications.
The "for" looks misplaced, shouldn't this be "for Monte Carlo simulations or
other ..."?
Greetings,
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