Iesue #692: use arc4random() if it's available (in libc on BSD systems, and libbsd on Linux).

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ check_symbol_exists(vasprintf       "stdio.h" HAVE_VASPRINTF)
 check_symbol_exists(vsnprintf       "stdio.h" HAVE_VSNPRINTF)
 check_symbol_exists(vprintf         "stdio.h" HAVE_VPRINTF)
 
+check_symbol_exists(arc4random      "stdlib.h" HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)
+if (NOT HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)
+    check_include_file(bsd/stdlib.h HAVE_BSD_STDLIB_H)
+    if (HAVE_BSD_STDLIB_H)
+		list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "-lbsd")
+		link_libraries(bsd)
+		unset(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM CACHE)
+        check_symbol_exists(arc4random   "bsd/stdlib.h" HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if (HAVE_FCNTL_H)
     check_symbol_exists(open        "fcntl.h" HAVE_OPEN)
 endif()

cmake/config.h.in

@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <xlocale.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_XLOCALE_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <bsd/stdlib.h> header file. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_BSD_STDLIB_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have `arc4random' */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
+
 /* Define to 1 if you don't have `vprintf' but do have `_doprnt.' */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_DOPRNT
 

random_seed.c

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "strerror_override.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_BSD_STDLIB_H
+#include <bsd/stdlib.h>
+#endif
 
 #define DEBUG_SEED(s)
 
@@ -168,7 +172,8 @@ static int get_getrandom_seed(int *seed)
 
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	do {
+	do
+	{
 		ret = getrandom(seed, sizeof(*seed), GRND_NONBLOCK);
 	} while ((ret == -1) && (errno == EINTR));
 
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ static int get_cryptgenrandom_seed(int *seed)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		BOOL ret = CryptGenRandom(hProvider, sizeof(*seed), (BYTE*)seed);
+		BOOL ret = CryptGenRandom(hProvider, sizeof(*seed), (BYTE *)seed);
 		CryptReleaseContext(hProvider, 0);
 		if (!ret)
 		{
@@ -310,6 +315,10 @@ int json_c_get_random_seed(void)
 	if (has_rdrand())
 		return get_rdrand_seed();
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
+	/* arc4random never fails, so use it if it's available */
+	return arc4random();
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
 	if (get_getrandom_seed(&seed) == 0)
 		return seed;