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* [PATCH] random: note that RNDGETPOOL was removed in 2.6.9-rc2
@ 2024-07-15  2:54 Jason A. Donenfeld
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From: Jason A. Donenfeld @ 2024-07-15  2:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld

RNDGETPOOL was thankfully removed twenty years ago, but it's stuck
around in headers. Probably removing it from uapi headers isn't great in
case there are some weird users out there, but we should at least mark
this as having been removed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/E1By1St-0001TS-Qj@thunk.org/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Pine.LNX.4.58.0409130937050.4094@ppc970.osdl.org/
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/random.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/random.h b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
index 2a3fe4c2cdc9..1dd047ec98a1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /* Add to (or subtract from) the entropy count.  (Superuser only.) */
 #define RNDADDTOENTCNT	_IOW( 'R', 0x01, int )
 
-/* Get the contents of the entropy pool.  (Superuser only.) */
+/* Get the contents of the entropy pool.  (Superuser only.) (Removed in 2.6.9-rc2.) */
 #define RNDGETPOOL	_IOR( 'R', 0x02, int [2] )
 
 /* 
-- 
2.45.2


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