From: Jeff R. Allen <jra@nella.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:45:23 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: crypt/rand: update docs for Linux
X-Git-Tag: go1.5beta3~83
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9b7e728ee8ddacad70cbf5bced36c8f72af65f38;p=gostls13.git

crypt/rand: update docs for Linux

Update the docs to explain the code added in
commit 67e1d400.

Fixes #11831.

Change-Id: I8fe72e449507847c4bd9d77de40947ded7f2ff9d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/12515
Reviewed-by: Dave Cheney <dave@cheney.net>
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diff --git a/src/crypto/rand/rand.go b/src/crypto/rand/rand.go
index 4da3adb701..ee32fa0bd6 100644
--- a/src/crypto/rand/rand.go
+++ b/src/crypto/rand/rand.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import "io"
 
 // Reader is a global, shared instance of a cryptographically
 // strong pseudo-random generator.
+//
 // On Unix-like systems, Reader reads from /dev/urandom.
+// On Linux, Reader uses getrandom(2) if available, /dev/urandom otherwise.
 // On Windows systems, Reader uses the CryptGenRandom API.
 var Reader io.Reader