nuttx/include/sys/random.h
Juha Niskanen 449cf4d076 getrandom: fix comment contradicting code
Signed-off-by: Juha Niskanen <juha.niskanen@haltian.com>
2022-06-15 11:18:04 -03:00

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#ifndef __INCLUDE_SYS_RANDOM_H
#define __INCLUDE_SYS_RANDOM_H
/****************************************************************************
* Included Files
****************************************************************************/
#include <stddef.h>
/****************************************************************************
* Pre-processor Definitions
****************************************************************************/
/* 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)
/****************************************************************************
* Public Function Prototypes
****************************************************************************/
/****************************************************************************
* 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.
*
****************************************************************************/
ssize_t getrandom(FAR void *bytes, size_t nbytes, unsigned int flags);
#endif /* __INCLUDE_SYS_RANDOM_H */