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| -rw-r--r-- | main/utils.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/main/utils.c b/main/utils.c index 1ea837109..24a8326a8 100644 --- a/main/utils.c +++ b/main/utils.c @@ -1487,9 +1487,6 @@ int ast_remaining_ms(struct timeval start, int max_ms) #undef ONE_MILLION -/*! \brief glibc puts a lock inside random(3), so that the results are thread-safe. - * BSD libc (and others) do not. */ - #ifndef linux AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC(randomlock); #endif @@ -1508,6 +1505,13 @@ long int ast_random(void) } } #endif + /* XXX - Thread safety really depends on the libc, not the OS. + * + * But... popular Linux libc's (uClibc, glibc, eglibc), all have a + * somewhat thread safe random(3) (results are random, but not + * reproducible). The libc's for other systems (BSD, et al.), not so + * much. + */ #ifdef linux res = random(); #else |