libstdc++: Use RDRAND as fallback if RDSEED keeps failing (PR 94087)
authorJonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Tue, 19 May 2020 15:49:21 +0000 (16:49 +0100)
committerJonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Tue, 19 May 2020 22:04:45 +0000 (23:04 +0100)
commita2d196e75cef95c2b70734ad02e94f9da0e769fe
tree33a6509388a2e55d1802603a4e17bf04b71ff786
parent453954451be68d22462442268a29f54809182d2b
libstdc++: Use RDRAND as fallback if RDSEED keeps failing (PR 94087)

It's not difficult for multiple threads to drain the entropy available
to the RDSEED instruction, at which point we throw an exception. This
change will try to use RDRAND after RDSEED fails repeatedly, and only
throw if RDRAND also fails repeatedly. This doesn't guarantee a random
value can always be read, but reduces the likelihood of failure when
using the RDSEED instruction.

PR libstdc++/94087
* src/c++11/random.cc (__x86_rdseed): Allow fallback function to be
passed in.
(__x86_rdseed_rdrand): New function that uses rdseed with rdrand
fallback.
(random_device::_M_init): Use __x86_rdseed_rdrand when both
instructions are available.
* testsuite/26_numerics/random/random_device/94087.cc: New test.
libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/random.cc
libstdc++-v3/testsuite/26_numerics/random/random_device/94087.cc [new file with mode: 0644]