1455311 - Remove old unix_rand.c from NSS after it's no longer required by anyone

Status: NEW

(NSS :: Libraries, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Kai Engert [:KaiE:]]

This is the bug I've promised to file in bug 1057343 comment 18 (a).

Today, unix_rand.c provides an implementation for RNG seeding that reads entropy from multiple sources.

We'd like to keep this code around for legacy distributions that still use it. Because even legacy Linux distributions rebase to newer NSS versions as part of Firefox updates, we should keep this code as long as such distributions update to newer Firefox versions.

A potential target date for removing this unix_rand.c code is after the RHEL 7 distribution stops rebasing to newer Firefox/NSS versions.

Comment 1

[Manish [:manishkk]]

How can I test this? Bogo Test or something else?

Comment 2

[Kai Engert [:KaiE:]]

Not sure why you're asking for a test for a removal.

Comment 4

[Manish [:manishkk]]

Attachment: Bug 1455311 Remove old unix_rand.c from NSS after it's no longer required by anyone

Comment 5

[Kai Engert [:KaiE:]]

Bob, Daiki, Hubert, I think you should comment if you have any timing requirements for this change.

Comment 6

[Daiki Ueno [:ueno]]

As noted in bug 1454657 comment 12, we don't have any timing requirements.