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this is not an issue that was actually hit, but I noticed it during
previous changes to __randname: if the resolution of tv_nsec is too
low, the space of temp file names obtainable by a thread could
plausibly be exhausted. mixing in tv_sec avoids this.
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the __randname function is used by various temp file creation
interfaces as a backend to produce a name to attempt using. it does
not have to produce results that are safe against guessing, and only
aims to avoid unintentional collisions.
mixing the address of an object on the stack in a reversible manner
leaked ASLR information, potentially allowing an attacker who can
observe the temp files created and their creation timestamps to narrow
down the possible ASLR state of the process that created them. there
is no actual value in mixing these addresses in; it was just
obfuscation. so don't do it.
instead, mix the tid, just to avoid collisions if multiple
processes/threads stampede to create temp files at the same moment.
even without this measure, they should not collide unless the clock
source is very low resolution, but it's a cheap improvement.
if/when we have a guaranteed-available userspace csprng, it could be
used here instead. even though there is no need for cryptographic
entropy here, it would avoid having to reason about clock resolution
and such to determine whether the behavior is nice.
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commits leading up to this one have moved the vast majority of
libc-internal interface declarations to appropriate internal headers,
allowing them to be type-checked and setting the stage to limit their
visibility. the ones that have not yet been moved are mostly
namespace-protected aliases for standard/public interfaces, which
exist to facilitate implementing plain C functions in terms of POSIX
functionality, or C or POSIX functionality in terms of extensions that
are not standardized. some don't quite fit this description, but are
"internally public" interfacs between subsystems of libc.
rather than create a number of newly-named headers to declare these
functions, and having to add explicit include directives for them to
every source file where they're needed, I have introduced a method of
wrapping the corresponding public headers.
parallel to the public headers in $(srcdir)/include, we now have
wrappers in $(srcdir)/src/include that come earlier in the include
path order. they include the public header they're wrapping, then add
declarations for namespace-protected versions of the same interfaces
and any "internally public" interfaces for the subsystem they
correspond to.
along these lines, the wrapper for features.h is now responsible for
the definition of the hidden, weak, and weak_alias macros. this means
source files will no longer need to include any special headers to
access these features.
over time, it is my expectation that the scope of what is "internally
public" will expand, reducing the number of source files which need to
include *_impl.h and related headers down to those which are actually
implementing the corresponding subsystems, not just using them.
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based on patch contributed by Anthony G. Basile (blueness)
some issues remain with the filename generation algorithm and other
small bugs, but this patch has been sitting around long enough that I
feel it's best to get it committed and then work out any remaining
issues.
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