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[Bug libstdc++/57920] [c++11] Linux: std::random_device reads too much from /dev/urandom
- From: "f dot heckenbach at fh-soft dot de" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:31:33 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libstdc++/57920] [c++11] Linux: std::random_device reads too much from /dev/urandom
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- References: <bug-57920-4 at http dot gcc dot gnu dot org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57920
--- Comment #6 from Frank Heckenbach <f.heckenbach@fh-soft.de> ---
(In reply to Paolo Carlini from comment #3)
> I'm going to attach a patchlet which does the trick (fread -> read) for me.
> Note I'm on purpose disabling the use of __builtin_ia32_rdrand32_step on my
> x86_64 machine, the undef would not be in the committed patch of course.
>
> It would be great if you could test the change on your machines (in 4.7.x
> just change random.h, no need to rebuild) and confirm that everything is
> fine.
I did the equivalent change to /usr/include/c++/4.7/bits/random.h and it works
for me, thanks.