incubator-nuttx/include/sys/random.h

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#ifndef __INCLUDE_SYS_RANDOM_H
#define __INCLUDE_SYS_RANDOM_H

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 * Included Files
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#include <stddef.h>

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 * Pre-processor Definitions
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/* Flags for getrandom(2)
 *
 * GRND_NONBLOCK  Don't block and return EAGAIN instead
 * GRND_RANDOM    Open /dev/random instead of /dev/urandom
 * GRND_INSECURE  Return non-cryptographic random bytes
 */

#define GRND_NONBLOCK   (1 << 0)
#define GRND_RANDOM     (1 << 1)
#define GRND_INSECURE   (1 << 2)

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 * Public Function Prototypes
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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: getrandom
 *
 * Description:
 *   Fill a buffer of arbitrary length with randomness. This uses
 *   either /dev/random (if GRND_RANDOM flag) or /dev/urandom device and
 *   is therefore susceptible for things like the attacker exhausting file
 *   descriptors on purpose.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   bytes  - Buffer for returned random bytes
 *   nbytes - Number of bytes requested.
 *   flags  - Bit mask that can contain zero or more of the ORed values
 *            together.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   On success, getrandom() returns the number of bytes that were copied
 *   to the buffer bytes.  This may be less than the number of bytes
 *   requested via nbytes if either GRND_RANDOM was specified in flags and
 *   insufficient entropy was present in the random source or the system
 *   call was interrupted by a signal.
 *
 *   On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
 *
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ssize_t getrandom(FAR void *bytes, size_t nbytes, unsigned int flags);

#endif /* __INCLUDE_SYS_RANDOM_H */