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Re: PG 10: could not generate random cancel key

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-07-17T17:15:08Z
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> wrote:
> if (RAND_status() == 0)
>     RAND_poll();

Looks like a recipe for an infinite loop.  At least, I think we ought
to have a CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS() in that loop.

-- 
Robert Haas
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Commits

  1. Guard against rare RAND_bytes() failures in pg_strong_random().