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RE: [XEN PATCH v1] libxl: use getrandom() syscall for random data extraction


  • To: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Sergiy Kibrik <Sergiy_Kibrik@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 18:41:22 +0000
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  • Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [XEN PATCH v1] libxl: use getrandom() syscall for random data extraction

> > You mean its availability should be checked both at build and runtime?
> 
> Correct. You can have a libc suporting getrandom() but a kernel that doesn't
> provide the syscall.
> 

Agree, I shall check this.

  -Sergiy

 


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