From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D51FD2868A9 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1766695373; cv=none; b=g5li7IZ9kt2CnF+l0pIWGAWiuRHrLyoMu7JBYMtJnY0+G5M4ErUy2mFWCyaf1RwASM+fSLwxAa5HMBRdKQoLiANL27JM+hDvneEXx5wnO3BDkLf36uXu9I0wpBi03fatZHvXaJRXBHE1otsm5clD+WiYeNbRiK3MyabJpX5EJgc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1766695373; c=relaxed/simple; bh=dbxavZ3yOk6gg/GkkJGlu99eOnz2OAxzv8YSoHROiaw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Ry/EHo7t1R8wZO5/DiqPZ76bmB0ef9809HJTb8stPp6X2wKUD+RhvnKx87RH0qnRBIxTbLkCD+bP9fp4kk/rGygYxIrz6JyGoIcOaz+xjmoN6lSewbmGmJxegqnqXz3r2e23xerfAIoSJMo3l3M9t76vcurCtgN0rKIv6jdOz94= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=N8wytMRe; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="N8wytMRe" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7703EC4CEF1; Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:42:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1766695373; bh=dbxavZ3yOk6gg/GkkJGlu99eOnz2OAxzv8YSoHROiaw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=N8wytMReRPiCFcp+TJI15l2wcO3+vMlt+OmShvFGQX7UsiqY5ykrc4xtAqocy/qq5 7GsEDyKxYf3kKSU3ts+mV23hxxVkUgxduAB7sCGWcw742ZjOJyBlyheiskkEeroksW tOlkliDlHIYDfoXJuKtN5dvD+7BFGmfQ5+OHaqvsRi1aJL6Q47/s1IbGEcc8oTXYTZ WJcVUs2ige7+KRXyxU90g2CUi/ZJwl8C05kHIej6WHb9TnwvoCG0uPC9b3IMNuJ7Y1 ga/dEgNbG3XRzJZpIjPKhyg29JT1GmCs9V14KmTTvGgklAfQdVxPhTcHuRMO/mZ3WL tGyAcURk4nNDQ== Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:42:50 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Helge Kreutzmann Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page random_r.3 Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wdjdfadbchoakvkw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --wdjdfadbchoakvkw Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Helge Kreutzmann Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page random_r.3 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Hi Helge, On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:24PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Without further ado, the following was found: >=20 > Issue: The function prototype above do not mention I? >=20 > "The B() function is like B(3), except that it " > "modifies the state in the object pointed to by I, rather than modif= ying " > "the global state variable. I must first have been initialized us= ing " > "B() or be the result of a previous call of B()= =2E" I still have no clue of what that means. We'll have to continue living in ignorance until someone who knows this set of APIs comes and fixes the documentation. I've never used random_r(3) myself, so I can't help. Have a lovely night! Alex --=20 --wdjdfadbchoakvkw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAmlNockACgkQ64mZXMKQ wql3KBAAgh5xLQGW5edMmUBxWfq7oFhj2x5ar5ThTuGao16D/1VxMi62tPZ0UALi TSoEDo4XJNsbUfkkQKKCOZnwj6ZFGJAHem6uP9pzUgRCZjfkCVVPiPLlCorM3EGp I6cD6gL5u2mIemgJIgdxgWanNEjegTuwPdPupLhz6RGlpCN0r8fpY/MK+qN4bVee hfnSEDM9wN8zrILrEyyIx31uPJF8T2EY3AW5PPbJHfVpgsXRGKJoj4mI97JNQ0SA /x288cVOfdha8nLbOnBYEwJVBM3EmmTx0562je7kQcEoHu/v4Q0Hl9/r4+Ee2WNL ScYbqp0GBW8U1+a20Zppd2A9VvZ0HfxYdmBbwaSDndKaK82GMfYC9h8ihlgFOidV uya1QQfYpo1aNfETlM6fjrW2F/MDJM9leCL9mnzBXkuAlZXTf35aiQFD4rIK3byZ 65v2ae7yQz6Utj4Tr9L9dv+0CQ7dLhA6DPUGb2FKUesTXulPuD+hDyRT2NgmJiDO Cue3Vc2zTb+fOHz4RjG5ossQK69bvOrthwRK6wqQshINT9lz0PnQBFcerceZR6oR KXtzbcsEXLQKkWZyU9ly12uZ9Ci+NOfcVrnHsrAhCDU+r29vEvqUScuy/9IlEXun 4G2hFj4KAHD7QWGgaDHNJFQJVJZPFW2rhI9nxqKvDfu4+//WFj8= =MU/m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wdjdfadbchoakvkw--