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enjolras
4352 days ago
look at the code. AT_RANDOM is. used when it's avaible in the fallback function. For some reason, the devs don't seem to trust it much, according to the comment.
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edwintorok
4351 days ago
Is it guaranteed to at least be different for different processes? They could use that in addition to the PID test to know when to reseed.
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wahern
4351 days ago
No. It's only filled on execve, not fork.
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