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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: pks-t

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

@@ -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',