[issue23115] Backport #22585 -- getentropy for urandom to Python 2.7

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 05b96af72805 by Victor Stinner in branch '2.7': Issue #23115: os.urandom() now releases the GIL when the getentropy() is used https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/05b96af72805 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue23115] Backport #22585 -- getentropy for urandom to Python 2.7

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 961efafe9497 by Ned Deily in branch '2.7': Issue #22585, #23115: make URandomFDTests test case actually run https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/961efafe9497 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue23115] Backport #22585 -- getentropy for urandom to Python 2.7

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset a1391786abcd by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7': Issue #23115: Fixed compilation on OpenBSD (Py_MIN is not defined in 2.7). https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a1391786abcd -- ___ Python tracker

[issue23115] Backport #22585 -- getentropy for urandom to Python 2.7

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 9cd2641765dc by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': use getentropy when available (backport of 75ede5bec8db) (closes #23115) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9cd2641765dc -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: -> fixed stage: -> resolved status:

[issue23115] Backport #22585 -- getentropy for urandom to Python 2.7

Changes by Alex Gaynor : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37543/issue23115.diff ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue23115] Backport #22585 -- getentropy for urandom to Python 2.7

New submission from Alex Gaynor: This makes the urandom codebase easier to maintain by allowing porting patches between 2.7 and 3.x easier; it also improves support for the OpenBSD platform. Support for porting patches is not just a theoretical concern, it's likely that Linux's getrandom() wil