# HG changeset patch
# User mru
# Date 1277984450 0
# Node ID 08c117c60753243e4de45b2f6e2b53daa8376494
# Parent  bb7159d1f76983a29f8e0d783b15a3738be0d526
random_seed: allow to block on /dev/random

If both /dev/random and /dev/urandom failed to return data, an
uninitialised value might be returned.  Since most systems have a
non-blocking /dev/urandom or have /dev/random with similar properties,
the chance of blocking is minimal, and the alternative of returning
non-random data is worse.

diff -r bb7159d1f769 -r 08c117c60753 random_seed.c
--- a/random_seed.c	Wed Jun 30 20:09:55 2010 +0000
+++ b/random_seed.c	Thu Jul 01 11:40:50 2010 +0000
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 
     if (fd == -1)
         return -1;
-#if HAVE_FCNTL && defined(O_NONBLOCK)
-    if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, fcntl(fd, F_GETFL) | O_NONBLOCK) != -1)
-#endif
         err = read(fd, dst, sizeof(*dst));
     close(fd);