changeset:   100945:fb7628e8dfef
branch:      3.5
parent:      100942:f8398dba48fb
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
date:        Tue Apr 12 22:28:49 2016 +0200
files:       Misc/NEWS Python/random.c
description:
Fix os.urandom() on Solaris 11.3

Issue #26735: Fix os.urandom() on Solaris 11.3 and newer when reading more than
1,024 bytes: call getrandom() multiple times with a limit of 1024 bytes per
call.


diff -r f8398dba48fb -r fb7628e8dfef Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Tue Apr 12 18:33:41 2016 +0200
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Tue Apr 12 22:28:49 2016 +0200
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #26735: Fix :func:`os.urandom` on Solaris 11.3 and newer when reading
+  more than 1,024 bytes: call ``getrandom()`` multiple times with a limit of
+  1024 bytes per call.
+
 - Issue #16329: Add .webm to mimetypes.types_map.  Patch by Giampaolo Rodola'.
 
 - Issue #13952: Add .csv to mimetypes.types_map.  Patch by Geoff Wilson.
diff -r f8398dba48fb -r fb7628e8dfef Python/random.c
--- a/Python/random.c	Tue Apr 12 18:33:41 2016 +0200
+++ b/Python/random.c	Tue Apr 12 22:28:49 2016 +0200
@@ -131,16 +131,23 @@
         return 0;
 
     while (0 < size) {
+#ifdef sun
+        /* Issue #26735: On Solaris, getrandom() is limited to returning up
+           to 1024 bytes */
+        n = Py_MIN(size, 1024);
+#else
+        n = size;
+#endif
+
         errno = 0;
-
 #ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
         if (raise) {
             Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-            n = getrandom(buffer, size, flags);
+            n = getrandom(buffer, n, flags);
             Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
         }
         else {
-            n = getrandom(buffer, size, flags);
+            n = getrandom(buffer, n, flags);
         }
 #else
         /* On Linux, use the syscall() function because the GNU libc doesn't
@@ -148,11 +155,11 @@
          * https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17252 */
         if (raise) {
             Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-            n = syscall(SYS_getrandom, buffer, size, flags);
+            n = syscall(SYS_getrandom, buffer, n, flags);
             Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
         }
         else {
-            n = syscall(SYS_getrandom, buffer, size, flags);
+            n = syscall(SYS_getrandom, buffer, n, flags);
         }
 #endif