Message 263236 - Python tracker

Message263236

Author	vstinner
Recipients	mryan1539, rhettinger, vstinner
Date	2016-04-12.08:15:47
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Message-id	<1460448947.52.0.566628347647.issue26735@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> I've attached a possible patch for this issue, against the 3.5.1 source tree. I guess that you are already using Python 3.5.1 which uses getrandom(). You should try to confirm using strace. I updated your patch. I replaced "#if defined(__sun__)" with "#ifdef sun", since "#ifdef sun" looks more common in the Python code base, and I never saw "#if defined(__sun__)" in the Python code base. I also avoided the new len variable, I reused the n variable. I don't have Solaris, so I cannot test. I didn't find getrandom() manual page neither, I only found this blog post which doesn't mention the 1024 bytes limitation on Solaris: https://blogs.oracle.com/darren/entry/solaris_new_system_calls_getentropy

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> I've attached a possible patch for this issue, against the 3.5.1 source
tree.

I guess that you are already using Python 3.5.1 which uses getrandom(). You should try to confirm using strace.

I updated your patch. I replaced "#if defined(__sun__)" with "#ifdef sun", since "#ifdef sun" looks more common in the Python code base, and I never saw "#if defined(__sun__)" in the Python code base.

I also avoided the new len variable, I reused the n variable.

I don't have Solaris, so I cannot test. I didn't find getrandom() manual page neither, I only found this blog post which doesn't mention the 1024 bytes limitation on Solaris:
https://blogs.oracle.com/darren/entry/solaris_new_system_calls_getentropy

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