1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/bb/utils.py b/lib/bb/utils.py
index 95b3c8980..92d44c526 100644
--- a/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import signal
 import collections
 import copy
 import ctypes
+import random
+import tempfile
 from subprocess import getstatusoutput
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from ctypes import cdll
@@ -1756,3 +1758,22 @@ def is_local_uid(uid=''):
             if str(uid) == line_split[2]:
                 return True
     return False
+
+def mkstemp(suffix=None, prefix=None, dir=None, text=False):
+    """
+    Generates a unique filename, independent of time.
+
+    mkstemp() in glibc (at least) generates unique file names based on the
+    current system time. When combined with highly parallel builds, and
+    operating over NFS (e.g. shared sstate/downloads) this can result in
+    conflicts and race conditions.
+
+    This function adds additional entropy to the file name so that a collision
+    is independent of time and thus extremely unlikely.
+    """
+    entropy = "".join(random.choices("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890", k=20))
+    if prefix:
+        prefix = prefix + entropy
+    else:
+        prefix = tempfile.gettempprefix() + entropy
+    return tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=suffix, prefix=prefix, dir=dir, text=text)