GNU C Library Merges Support for getrandom vDSO

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GNU C Library Merges Support for getrandom vDSO

13 November 2024, 10:30 AM

Phoronix: GNU C Library Merges Support for getrandom vDSO

Back in Linux 6.11 support for getrandom() in the vDSO was upstreamed for much better performance in providing speedy yet secure random number generation (RNG) needs. Since Linux 6.11 getrandom in the vDSO has expanded to more CPU architectures and now there's a notable user-space user ready to go: the GNU C Library "glibc" support was merged...

GNU C Library Merges Support for getrandom vDSO - Phoronix

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13 November 2024, 01:42 PM

I have a noob question 🙋

Will this speed up the Python’s secrets module?
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