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author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2018-12-17 13:19:07 -0500 |
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committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2018-12-17 13:13:02 -0500 |
commit | fa61202cae6979c754b11842c5ed8d90f1cdcc45 (patch) | |
tree | c507964a3c5e5242eb7f2ec8edd9007d5a118104 /src/test/test_bitcoin.h | |
parent | fa0d3c44073ab67d3f2e682dba7d3668daa55e25 (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-fa61202cae6979c754b11842c5ed8d90f1cdcc45.tar.xz |
test: Add comment to g_insecure_rand_ctx
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-rw-r--r-- | src/test/test_bitcoin.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.h b/src/test/test_bitcoin.h index 2d49faf8c9..31d90c0151 100644 --- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.h +++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.h @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(typename std::enable_if<std::is_enum<T>::value, std::os return stream << static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>(e); } +/** + * This global and the helpers that use it are not thread-safe. + * + * If thread-safety is needed, the global could be made thread_local (given + * that thread_local is supported on all architectures we support) or a + * per-thread instance could be used in the multi-threaded test. + */ extern FastRandomContext g_insecure_rand_ctx; static inline void SeedInsecureRand(bool deterministic = false) |