[9] RFR: 8164922: sun/security/provider/SecureRandom/AutoReseed.java failed with timeout in Ubuntu Linux.

[Weijun Wang]

Please just use othervm, and remove the finally block. If oldegd is null 
the code change will change the environment permanently.

--Max

On 8/29/2016 23:20, Sibabrata Sahoo wrote:
> Hi,
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> Please review the patch for
> “sun/security/provider/SecureRandom/AutoReseed.java failed with timeout”
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> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8164922
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> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ssahoo/8164922/webrev.00/
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> Description:
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> The Test was blocked while generating seed. I have providing a fix by
> choosing a non-blocking mechanism while seeding by setting
> "java.security.egd" System property to "file:/dev/urandom".
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> Thanks,
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> Siba
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