avoid limited space of random temp file names if clock resolution is low
authorRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:53:28 +0000 (11:53 -0400)
committerRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:53:28 +0000 (11:53 -0400)
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.

src/temp/__randname.c

index 1425bad..e9b970f 100644 (file)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ char *__randname(char *template)
        unsigned long r;
 
        __clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
-       r = ts.tv_nsec + __pthread_self()->tid * 65537UL;
+       r = ts.tv_sec + ts.tv_nsec + __pthread_self()->tid * 65537UL;
        for (i=0; i<6; i++, r>>=5)
                template[i] = 'A'+(r&15)+(r&16)*2;