[PATCH v1 1/2] random-bits: Factor out entropy generating function

[Cristian Rodríguez]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:30 PM Noah Goldstein via Libc-alpha
<libc-alpha@sourceware.org> wrote:

> Thanks, I can add patches for sparc/powerpc64le/ia64. Still feel that
> since it takes testing and there are optimization cases that we mayf
> want to make it's still best to have a seperate file.

What is really needed is to get some sort of randomness function
exposed through the VDSO, so there is no syscall overhead and all this
magic can be dropped. I'm not even sure if that is possible.  that or
a reliable prng usable even by the dynamic linker.