On Fri, 2 Oct 2026 at 10:52, Mathieu Dubois-Briand via
lists.openembedded.org <mathieu.dubois-briand=
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri Oct 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM CEST, Jaipaul Cheernam wrote:
> > Source: CHANGES.md
> >
> > 3.7.0
> > * Add secure memory implementation for Linux and {Net,Open,Free}BSD,
> MacOS and Windows
> > * Update supported CMake version to 3.10
> > * doc: use Doxygen-style comments
> > * NTG.1 compliance: Modify startup such that the memory access and
> SHA-3 loop are treated as independent noise sources which are sampled to
> collect at least 240 bits each before first block of random numbers is
> released
> > * Remove all code when JENT_CONF_DISABLE_LOOP_SHUFFLE is unset. This
> code is already discouraged for a long time. Now it is taken out for good.
> > * If cache size cannot be detected from base system (e.g.
> virtualization), use the requested memory size.
> > * Change the stuck test to always calculate the absolute values of the
> 2nd and 3rd discrete derivation of time.
> > * Replace SHA3-256 output generation with XDRBG-256
> > * Prune the jitterentropy.h header file of internal definitions and
> delcarations which are moved to src/jitterentropy-internal.h. With that,
> jitterentropy.h only contains the API. This modification does not alter the
> Jitter RNG behavior at all.
> > * Update secure storage memory implementation for libgcrypt and OpenSSL
> > * Add API jent_status
> >
> > License-Update: copyright years updated.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jaipaul Cheernam <[email protected]>
> > ---
>
> Hi Jaipaul,
>
> Thanks for the upgrade.
>
> It looks like this is breaking rng-tools:
>
> ERROR: lib32-rng-tools-6.17-r0 do_compile: oe_runmake failed
> ...
> | ../sources/rng-tools-6.17/rngd_jitter.c: In function 'rngd_notime_start':
> | ../sources/rng-tools-6.17/rngd_jitter.c:56:45: error: invalid use of
> undefined type 'struct jent_notime_ctx'
> | 56 | ret =
> -pthread_attr_init(&thread_ctx->notime_pthread_attr);
>
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/17/builds/4614
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/3/builds/4816
>
> Can you have a look at the issue?
>
I think
https://github.com/smuellerDD/jitterentropy-library/commit/a038d0c372f83aba10f3850c5b122dc5ff8cdc8c
needs to be backported.
Alex
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