Provides a little extra fork-safety on UNIX systems, adding to the
fact that all DRBGs reseed automatically when the fork_id changes.
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9802)
int rand_pool_add_additional_data(RAND_POOL *pool)
{
struct {
+ int fork_id;
CRYPTO_THREAD_ID tid;
uint64_t time;
} data = { 0 };
/*
* Add some noise from the thread id and a high resolution timer.
+ * The fork_id adds some extra fork-safety.
* The thread id adds a little randomness if the drbg is accessed
* concurrently (which is the case for the <master> drbg).
*/
+ data.fork_id = openssl_get_fork_id();
data.tid = CRYPTO_THREAD_get_current_id();
data.time = get_timer_bits();