1 /* Implementation of getentropy based on getrandom.
2 Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <sys/random.h>
25 /* Write LENGTH bytes of randomness starting at BUFFER. Return 0 on
26 success and -1 on failure. */
28 getentropy (void *buffer
, size_t length
)
30 /* The interface is documented to return EIO for buffer lengths
31 longer than 256 bytes. */
33 return __hurd_fail (EIO
);
35 /* Try to fill the buffer completely. Even with the 256 byte limit
36 above, we might still receive an EINTR error (when blocking
38 void *end
= buffer
+ length
;
41 /* NB: No cancellation point. */
42 ssize_t bytes
= __getrandom (buffer
, end
- buffer
, 0);
46 /* Try again if interrupted by a signal. */
52 /* No more bytes available. This should not happen under
53 normal circumstances. */
54 return __hurd_fail (EIO
);
55 /* Try again in case of a short read. */