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-rw-r--r--src/genhostid.c31
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/genhostid.c b/src/genhostid.c
index c7561c9e..f6253bec 100644
--- a/src/genhostid.c
+++ b/src/genhostid.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
* Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
+ *
*/
#include <fcntl.h>
@@ -20,19 +20,28 @@
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
-int
-main (void)
+
+int main (void)
{
struct stat st;
long int n;
- if (stat ("/etc/hostid", &st) == 0 && S_ISREG (st.st_mode)
- && st.st_size >= sizeof (n))
+
+ /*
+ * NOTE: gethostid() always returns 32-bit identifier, and st_size field
+ * of stat structure represents total size of file, in bytes.
+ */
+
+ if (stat ("/etc/hostid", &st) == 0 &&
+ S_ISREG (st.st_mode) && st.st_size == 4) {
return 0;
+ }
+
int fd = open ("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
- if (fd == -1 || read (fd, &n, sizeof (n)) != sizeof (n))
- {
- srand48 ((long int) time (NULL) ^ (long int) getpid ());
- n = lrand48 ();
- }
- return sethostid ((int32_t)n);
+
+ if (fd == -1 || read (fd, &n, sizeof (n)) != sizeof (n)) {
+ srand48 ((long int) time (NULL) ^ (long int) getpid ());
+ n = lrand48 ();
+ }
+
+ return sethostid ((int32_t) n);
}