meson: make the CSPRNG backend configurable

The CSPRNG backend is not configurable in Meson and isn't quite discoverable, either. Make it configurable and add the actual backend used to the summary. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Patrick Steinhardt committed Jan 22, 2025 at 13:05 UTC ef8c3a1b8aa04e09a00dffcfda24daec6908615c
2 files changed +23 -7
meson.build
+21 -7
index 052bd80ac4..22dcd4aeee 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -1332,6 +1332,7 @@ if not meson.is_cross_build() and fs.exists('/dev/tty') libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_DEV_TTY' endif +csprng_backend = get_option('csprng_backend') https_backend = get_option('https_backend') sha1_backend = get_option('sha1_backend') sha1_unsafe_backend = get_option('sha1_unsafe_backend') @@ -1343,7 +1344,7 @@ if https_backend == 'auto' and security_framework.found() https_backend = 'CommonCrypto' endif -openssl_required = 'openssl' in [https_backend, sha1_backend, sha1_unsafe_backend, sha256_backend] +openssl_required = 'openssl' in [csprng_backend, https_backend, sha1_backend, sha1_unsafe_backend, sha256_backend] openssl = dependency('openssl', required: openssl_required, default_options: ['default_library=static']) if https_backend == 'auto' and openssl.found() https_backend = 'openssl' @@ -1428,18 +1429,30 @@ else error('Unhandled SHA256 backend ' + sha256_backend) endif -if compiler.has_header_symbol('stdlib.h', 'arc4random_buf') +# Backends are ordered to reflect our preference for more secure and faster +# ones over the ones that are less so. +if csprng_backend in ['auto', 'arc4random'] and compiler.has_header_symbol('stdlib.h', 'arc4random_buf', required: csprng_backend == 'arc4random') libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_ARC4RANDOM' -elif compiler.has_header_symbol('bsd/stdlib.h', 'arc4random_buf') + csprng_backend = 'arc4random' +elif csprng_backend in ['auto', 'arc4random_bsd'] and compiler.has_header_symbol('bsd/stdlib.h', 'arc4random_buf', required: csprng_backend == 'arc4random_bsd') libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_ARC4RANDOM_BSD' -elif compiler.has_function('getrandom', prefix: '#include <sys/random.h>') + csprng_backend = 'arc4random_bsd' +elif csprng_backend in ['auto', 'getrandom'] and compiler.has_header_symbol('sys/random.h', 'getrandom', required: csprng_backend == 'getrandom') libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_GETRANDOM' -elif compiler.has_function('getentropy', prefix: '#include <unistd.h>') + csprng_backend = 'getrandom' +elif csprng_backend in ['auto', 'getentropy'] and compiler.has_header_symbol('unistd.h', 'getentropy', required: csprng_backend == 'getentropy') libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_GETENTROPY' -elif compiler.has_function('RtlGenRandom', prefix: '#include <windows.h>\n#include <ntsecapi.h>') + csprng_backend = 'getentropy' +elif csprng_backend in ['auto', 'rtlgenrandom'] and compiler.has_header_symbol('ntsecapi.h', 'RtlGenRandom', prefix: '#include <windows.h>', required: csprng_backend == 'rtlgenrandom') libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_RTLGENRANDOM' -elif openssl.found() + csprng_backend = 'rtlgenrandom' +elif csprng_backend in ['auto', 'openssl'] and openssl.found() libgit_c_args += '-DHAVE_OPENSSL_CSPRNG' + csprng_backend = 'openssl' +elif csprng_backend in ['auto', 'urandom'] + csprng_backend = 'urandom' +else + error('Unsupported CSPRNG backend: ' + csprng_backend) endif if get_option('runtime_prefix') @@ -1977,6 +1990,7 @@ summary({ }, section: 'Auto-detected features') summary({ + 'csprng': csprng_backend, 'https': https_backend, 'sha1': sha1_backend, 'sha1_unsafe': sha1_unsafe_backend,
meson_options.txt
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index 34ba679cf9..5429022f30 100644 --- a/meson_options.txt +++ b/meson_options.txt @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ option('regex', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Use the system-provided regex library instead of the bundled one.') # Backends. +option('csprng_backend', type: 'combo', value: 'auto', choices: ['auto', 'arc4random', 'arc4random_bsd', 'getrandom', 'getentropy', 'rtlgenrandom', 'openssl', 'urandom'], + description: 'The backend to use for generating cryptographically-secure pseudo-random numbers.') option('https_backend', type: 'combo', value: 'auto', choices: ['auto', 'openssl', 'CommonCrypto', 'none'], description: 'The HTTPS backend to use when connecting to remotes.') option('sha1_backend', type: 'combo', choices: ['openssl', 'block', 'sha1dc', 'CommonCrypto'], value: 'sha1dc',