[Mono-bugs] [Bug 73183][Nor] New - Optimization to prevent multiple handles to /dev/urandom device

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Changed by mlasky@novell.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=73183

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+Bug#: 73183
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.1
+OS: SLES 9
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: CORLIB
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: mlasky@novell.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Optimization to prevent multiple handles to /dev/urandom device
+
+Please fill in this template when reporting a bug, unless you know what 
+you are doing.
+Description of Problem:
+The RNGCryptoServiceProvider object would create a handle to 
+the /dev/urandom device every time a new object was created. These 
+handles accumulate until the object finalizer is run. Since SLES9 is 
+limited to 1024 handles per process, we were running out of handles under 
+a heavy load on the web server because each SessionState object 
+constructed a RNGCryptoServiceProvider object and the garbage collector 
+hadn't got around to running yet to reclaim the objects.
+
+Changed the handle to the /dev/urandom device to be a static and let it 
+be cleaned up when the process terminates.
+
+A patch file is submitted showing the changes that were made.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. Create a web service that uses sessions and run multiple clients at it.
+2. Check in the /proc directory for the process and view the file handles 
+allocated to it.
+3.
+
+Actual Results:
+There can be many handles waiting to be cleaned up.
+
+Expected Results:
+With the patch we only ever see two. (I'm not sure what object creates 
+the second one)
+
+How often does this happen? 
+Often
+
+Additional Information: