From aa09ccbb74ea9febd83ce3362238ac5339069909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 07:38:42 +0100 Subject: squashme: comment that NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES should not be changed lightly --- src/random.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h index 0e8bb27176..29de587312 100644 --- a/src/random.h +++ b/src/random.h @@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ public: uint32_t Rw; }; -/* Number of random bytes returned by GetOSRand */ +/* Number of random bytes returned by GetOSRand. + * When changing this constant make sure to change all call sites, and make + * sure that the underlying OS APIs for all platforms support the number. + * (many cap out at 256 bytes). + */ static const ssize_t NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES = 32; /** Get 32 bytes of system entropy. Do not use this in application code: use -- cgit v1.2.3