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Author	virtuald
Recipients	Claudiu.Popa, brett.cannon, christian.heimes, pitrou, virtuald, vstinner
Date	2017-12-22.08:42:06
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Message-id	<1513932126.73.0.213398074469.issue29877@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Finally got around to looking at this. # cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail 183 .. ran python3 -c 'import os; os.getrandom(1, flags=os.GRND_NONBLOCK)' a few times, but didn't run into a hang. Seems like the entropy_avail is staying at about the same level? It's worth noting that I ran into this error with last year's firmware image, and I haven't actually tested this year's firmware image for this particular issue... just that I had it on my TODO list to fix for this year. :) I think it's still a good change to make regardless.

Finally got around to looking at this.

# cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail 
183

.. ran python3 -c 'import os; os.getrandom(1, flags=os.GRND_NONBLOCK)' a few times, but didn't run into a hang. Seems like the entropy_avail is staying at about the same level?

It's worth noting that I ran into this error with last year's firmware image, and I haven't actually tested this year's firmware image for this particular issue... just that I had it on my TODO list to fix for this year. :)

I think it's still a good change to make regardless.

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