dsprenkels / dsprenkels/randombytes
Avoid getrandom or syscall(SYS_getrandom) in Android __ANDROID_API__ < 28
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Description
Android Os older than Android 9.0 (API_LEVEL = 28) broken syscall(SYS_getrandom).
Please, avoid it when building with NDK. Add something like
```
....
#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(GNU_KFREEBSD)
//---------- ADD THESE CODE --------------
#if defined(SYS_getrandom) && ((!defined(__ANDROID__) || __ANDROID_API__ >= 28)
// use getrandom
return randombytes_linux_randombytes_getrandom(buf, n);
#else
// use /dev/urandom
return randombytes_linux_randombytes_urandom(buf, n);
#endif
//---------------------------------------
#elif defined(BSD) ....
```
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