concurrent sysctl implementation

[Ed Schouten]

Hi Lars,

* Lars Engels <lars.engels at 0x20.net> wrote:
> Why is sysctl used to get a random number? Can't we get a different
> source for it?

We probably could. I think I discussed this with Robert Watson some time
ago and we could use things like ELF hints. But still, that doesn't
prevent us from reaching this limitation later on.

I think other people (Rink Springer) also reported this issue years ago,
even before we had the stack protector enabled.

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/
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