[issue26839] Python 3.5 running on Linux kernel 3.17+ can block at startup or on importing the random module on getrandom()

Nick Coghlan report at bugs.python.org
Wed Jun 15 14:14:29 EDT 2016


Nick Coghlan added the comment:

Sorry, with all the different proposals kicking around, I somehow got the impression we'd reverted entirely to just reading from /dev/urandom without ever using the new syscall.

Re-reviewing your patch, I agree the What's New comment is still accurate.

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