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doc: non-partitioned async crypto operations #17250

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Expand Up @@ -1826,6 +1826,11 @@ Note that this API uses libuv's threadpool, which can have surprising and
negative performance implications for some applications, see the
[`UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE`][] documentation for more information.

*Note*: The asynchronous version of `crypto.randomBytes()` is carried out
in a single threadpool request. To minimize threadpool task length variation,
partition large `randomBytes` requests when doing so as part of fulfilling a
client request.

### crypto.randomFillSync(buffer[, offset][, size])
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negative performance implications for some applications, see the
[`UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE`][] documentation for more information.

*Note*: The asynchronous version of `crypto.randomFill()` is carried out
in a single threadpool request. To minimize threadpool task length variation,
partition large `randomFill` requests when doing so as part of fulfilling a
client request.

### crypto.setEngine(engine[, flags])
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added: v0.11.11
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