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On 11/29/2016 07:54 AM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
Would it make sense for getentropy to loop internally rather than returning a short read?
FWIW, that is what I was planning when implementing a more-portable version of getentropy (I guess that's its name now?) for Gnulib, after the API settles down. Gnulib-using applications typically need a small number of random bytes. I don't want to worry about modifying these apps to take into account the possibility of waiting indefinitely due to a bug in the hardware or operating system. If such a wait occurs, it's OK with me to just say "fix your platform".
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