yamt commented on pull request #5837:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/pull/5837#issuecomment-1078658264
why do you replace arc4random_buf with getrandom?
it seems awkward as one of the purpose of arc4random_buf (renamed from
getrandom) was
to avoid descrptor shortage and your getrandom is based on device files.
```
commit 859e1ce63a458b206623d8e41cd93588af61b62f
Author: chao.an <anc...@xiaomi.com>
Date: Sat Dec 12 14:16:07 2020 +0800
crypto/arc4random: rename getrandom to arc4random_buf
Change-Id: I5c9f0c9acf5af71f01beceaf06ebe0a2c87676bc
Signed-off-by: chao.an <anc...@xiaomi.com>
```
```
commit dffb8a67e3e92500651db3eca516dbcfc275311a
Author: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivili...@haltian.com>
Date: Thu Mar 30 07:38:37 2017 -0600
Add entropy pool and strong random number generator
Entropy pool gathers environmental noise from device drivers,
user-space, et
c., and returns good random numbers, suitable for cryptographic use. Based
on en
tropy pool design from *BSDs and uses BLAKE2Xs algorithm for CSPRNG output.
Patch also adds /dev/urandom support for using entropy pool RNG and new
'getrandom' system call for getting randomness without file-descriptor usage
(thus avoiding file-descriptor exhaustion attacks). The 'getrandom' interface
is similar as 'getentropy' and 'getrandom' available on OpenBSD and Linux
respectively.
```
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