Source: libbsd Source-Version: 0.8.1-1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected]
Hi! Currently libbsd implements getentropy(2) using only a fallback, which has the same problems as on old GNU/Linux and other Unix systems. Uses file descriptors which are susceptible to limits or exhaustion (and relies on /dev which might not be available on a chroot, but that might be an unrealistic constraint on the Hurd). I guess this could be implemented by using native Hurd interfaces, but I've not thought if that would suffer from similar problems as the above, and if we might need another interface implemented from the Hurd side. I'm not sure I'll have time soon to look into this, so if some Hurd porter could take a stab at this that'd be highly appreciated. This might also help when and if getentropy(2) gets added to glibc, which AIUI was talked about some time ago. Current implementation at <http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libbsd/tree/src/getentropy_hurd.c> Thanks, Guillem
