Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:37:13 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r331279 - in head: include lib/libc/gen lib/libc/sys lib/libc/tests/gen sys/compat/freebsd32 sys/conf sys/kern sys/sys tests/sys/kern usr.bin/truss Message-ID: <CAG6CVpVq4e9p7tWRhzD1YmK0Zoxg3M31bMsHMkUbqCFwBHe%2BDQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180321152335.GL76926@kib.kiev.ua> References: <201803210115.w2L1Fjt9084698@repo.freebsd.org> <20180321103325.GJ76926@kib.kiev.ua> <CAG6CVpW3tPVyh6D3FXpAc9DPqG9u_KnHBiZOFmg1zZsHmDb8jA@mail.gmail.com> <20180321152335.GL76926@kib.kiev.ua>
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 08:03:16AM -0700, Conrad Meyer wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 3:33 AM, Konstantin Belousov >> > Libraries must not abort the application. >> > Esp. libc. >> >> What do you propose instead? while (1); ? I don't see that as >> obviously better. > > Return the error to caller, as all, well most, correct library functions > do. The abort() in case of ENOSYS was proposed by delphij@. It is intended for users that getentropy() not fail. Another possible fallback is to use the kern.arandom sysctl. Would this be amenable to you? Thanks, Conradhome | help
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