At Tue, 6 Apr 2021 12:08:54 +0000, Taylor R Campbell <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: regarding the changes to kernel entropy gathering > > The main issue that hits people is that the traditional mechanism by > which the OS reports a potential security problem with entropy is for > it to make applications silently hang -- and the issue is getting > worse now that getrandom() is more widely used, e.g. in Python when > you do `import multiprocessing'. I think adding a uprintf(9) that the user who started the blocked process (i.e. not just the admin) has a better chance of directly seeing would be one step closer, and should be extremely easy. -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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