pgsql: Prevent Valgrind Memcheck errors around px_acquire_system_random - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Noah Misch
Subject pgsql: Prevent Valgrind Memcheck errors around px_acquire_system_random
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Msg-id E1YIIVa-0008OZ-LI@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Prevent Valgrind Memcheck errors around px_acquire_system_randomness().

This function uses uninitialized stack and heap buffers as supplementary
entropy sources.  Mark them so Memcheck will not complain.  Back-patch
to 9.4, where Valgrind Memcheck cooperation first appeared.

Marko Tiikkaja

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/59b919822ab060f721e235964d19b55a19c815f0

Modified Files
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contrib/pgcrypto/random.c |    5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


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