From 68a569c738b5a636bcb31d28e8dfc790f0d58b9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 21:50:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't use sig_atomic_t. Comment upon synchronization issue.
 Fix gettimeofday usage.

---
 libraries/liblutil/entropy.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/entropy.c b/libraries/liblutil/entropy.c
index 23e5cb4a0c..56502d3217 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/entropy.c
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/entropy.c
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ int lutil_entropy( char *buf, int nbytes )
 		 *	MD5 is a strong cryptographic hash, this should
 		 *	be fairly resistant to attack
 		 */
-		static sig_atomic_t counter = 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * the caller may be provide external synchronization OR
+		 * provide entropy (in buf) to ensure quality results.
+		 */
+		static int counter = 0;
 		int n;
 
 		struct rdata_s {
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ int lutil_entropy( char *buf, int nbytes )
 			pid_t	pid;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
-			struct timeval *tv;
+			struct timeval tv;
 #else
 			time_t	time;
 #endif
-- 
2.39.5