New submission from STINNER Victor: Python 3.6 uses the new getrandom() function/syscall on Linux and Solaris to get random bytes with no file descriptor: it prevents EMFILE and ENFILE errors or surprises when opening a first file (and looking at its file descriptor).
I propose to copy and adapt Python/random.c from Python 3.5 when Python 3.5 will be updated for the issue #29157. Python 2.7 requires extra changes: * configure.ac: need to check linux/random.h in AC_CHECK_HEADERS() * random.c: need to keep vms_urandom() function (Python 2.7 still supports VMS!) * Python 2.7 doesn't implement the PEP 475 (EINTR) and so don't have functions like _Py_read() which handles EINTR for us. See also the issue #29157 for the latest change in random.c: prefer getrandom() over getentropy() to support the glibc 2.24. ---------- messages: 284876 nosy: haypo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Backport random.c from Python 3.5 to Python 2.7 type: security versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29188> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
