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-rw-r--r--src/backend/postmaster/fork_process.c13
-rw-r--r--src/include/port.h1
-rw-r--r--src/port/pg_strong_random.c46
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/fork_process.c b/src/backend/postmaster/fork_process.c
index 15d63408007..5247b9f23c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/fork_process.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/fork_process.c
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-#include <openssl/rand.h>
-#endif
#include "postmaster/fork_process.h"
@@ -108,14 +105,8 @@ fork_process(void)
}
}
- /*
- * Make sure processes do not share OpenSSL randomness state. This is
- * no longer required in OpenSSL 1.1.1 and later versions, but until
- * we drop support for version < 1.1.1 we need to do this.
- */
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
- RAND_poll();
-#endif
+ /* do post-fork initialization for random number generation */
+ pg_strong_random_init();
}
return result;
diff --git a/src/include/port.h b/src/include/port.h
index d25716bf7f8..5dfb00b07cc 100644
--- a/src/include/port.h
+++ b/src/include/port.h
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ extern char *pg_inet_net_ntop(int af, const void *src, int bits,
char *dst, size_t size);
/* port/pg_strong_random.c */
+extern void pg_strong_random_init(void);
extern bool pg_strong_random(void *buf, size_t len);
/*
diff --git a/src/port/pg_strong_random.c b/src/port/pg_strong_random.c
index 14e8382cd89..6d85f50b7c8 100644
--- a/src/port/pg_strong_random.c
+++ b/src/port/pg_strong_random.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL_RANDOM
#include <openssl/rand.h>
#endif
#ifdef USE_WIN32_RANDOM
@@ -76,6 +76,50 @@ random_from_file(const char *filename, void *buf, size_t len)
#endif
/*
+ * pg_strong_random_init
+ *
+ * Initialize the randomness state of "strong" random numbers. This is invoked
+ * *after* forking a process, and should include initialization steps specific
+ * to the chosen random source to prove fork-safety.
+ */
+void
+pg_strong_random_init(void)
+{
+#if defined(USE_OPENSSL)
+ /*
+ * Make sure processes do not share OpenSSL randomness state. We need to
+ * call this even if pg_strong_random is implemented using another source
+ * for random numbers to ensure fork-safety in our TLS backend. This is no
+ * longer required in OpenSSL 1.1.1 and later versions, but until we drop
+ * support for version < 1.1.1 we need to do this.
+ */
+ RAND_poll();
+#endif
+
+#if defined(USE_OPENSSL_RANDOM)
+ /*
+ * In case the backend is using the PRNG from OpenSSL without being built
+ * with support for OpenSSL, make sure to perform post-fork initialization.
+ * If the backend is using OpenSSL then we have already performed this
+ * step. The same version caveat as discussed in the comment above applies
+ * here as well.
+ */
+#ifndef USE_OPENSSL
+ RAND_poll();
+#endif
+
+#elif defined(USE_WIN32_RANDOM)
+ /* no initialization needed for WIN32 */
+
+#elif defined(USE_DEV_URANDOM)
+ /* no initialization needed for /dev/urandom */
+
+#else
+#error no source of random numbers configured
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
* pg_strong_random
*
* Generate requested number of random bytes. The returned bytes are