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Re: Fixing Linux getrandom() in stable



On 5/10/18 7:30 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
> So we'd shift the waiting for randomness-to-be-available from one
> service to another? I don't quite see yet, where the benefit is in that.
> What's better if a wait-for-rng-ready binary blocks on getrandom()
> instead of the krb5-kdc binary itself? We wouldn't shorten the time we
> have to wait this way.

Unless the services properly signal readiness (which admittedly they
should), you'd at least end up with a situation where you don't start
things prematurely. Like if, say, something on the machine depends on
krb5-kdc being up, it might be better to wait instead of trying to
contact a hanging kdc. But then the time is still better spent to
implement sd_notify(READY=1)... (But maybe not in stable?)

Kind regards
Philipp Kern

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