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kern/51135: /dev/random blocks even with entropy available via callback
>Number: 51135
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: /dev/random blocks even with entropy available via callback
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri May 13 13:20:00 +0000 2016
>Originator: Antti Kantee
>Release: https://releng.netbsd.org/b5reports/i386/build/2016.05.13.05.45.13/test.html
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Reading from /dev/random blocks indefinitely even with entropy available from a randomness source via callback. This problem makes for example "cgdconfig -k storedkey" hang.
>How-To-Repeat:
run tests/kernel/t_rnd::read_random
The test works both with netbsd-7 and -current from ~6 months ago.
>Fix:
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