[issue27266] Add block keyword-only optional parameter to os.urandom()

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor added the comment:

Larry Hastings (msg267818, on the issue #26839):
> What is the default value of the "block" parameter?

False

> If called with block=False on FreeBSD, where /dev/urandom may block sometimes, what does the function do?

The function blocks.

In which case FreeBSD urandom can block?

Is there a way to read from /dev/urandom without blocking? If not, _PyOS_URandom() may use arc4random() on FreeBSD if block is false. I suggest to enhance _PyOS_URandom() after the Python 3.5.2 release.

My patch is a quick fix for Python 3.5.2, it can be enhanced later.

I chose to only modify the behaviour on Linux since issues #26839 and #25420 were only reported on Linux.

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