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usermode: random: backport random syscall #26499

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ceolin opened this issue Jun 26, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #26160 or #25980
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usermode: random: backport random syscall #26499

ceolin opened this issue Jun 26, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #26160 or #25980
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ceolin commented Jun 26, 2020

Random numbers cannot easily be generate from usermode. Though there is syscall for the entropy driver, an user thread must give access to the used driver before use it, what is not clear at all. Also it fix an inconsistency in the random subsystem where depending the backend you are using it works in usermode.

@ceolin ceolin added bug The issue is a bug, or the PR is fixing a bug backport v1.14-branch labels Jun 26, 2020
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@MaureenHelm MaureenHelm added the priority: medium Medium impact/importance bug label Jun 30, 2020
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