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authored <ed@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-14 18:45:15 +0000
committered <ed@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-14 18:45:15 +0000
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parent0f95984131a638e861338eaae0614aa09b18e35d (diff)
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Implement the CloudABI random_get() system call.
The random_get() system call works similar to getentropy()/getrandom() on OpenBSD/Linux. It fills a buffer with random data. This change introduces a new function, read_random_uio(), that is used to implement read() on the random devices. We can call into this function from within the CloudABI compatibility layer. Approved by: secteam Reviewed by: jmg, markm, wblock Obtained from: https://github.com/NuxiNL/freebsd Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3053
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/random.941
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index 2154190..695fa23 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -1281,6 +1281,7 @@ MLINKS+=psignal.9 gsignal.9 \
MLINKS+=random.9 arc4rand.9 \
random.9 arc4random.9 \
random.9 read_random.9 \
+ random.9 read_random_uio.9 \
random.9 srandom.9
MLINKS+=refcount.9 refcount_acquire.9 \
refcount.9 refcount_init.9 \
diff --git a/share/man/man9/random.9 b/share/man/man9/random.9
index 906b5e5..275359a 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/random.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/random.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\" "
-.Dd June 30, 2015
+.Dd July 14, 2015
.Dt RANDOM 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
.Nm arc4random ,
.Nm random ,
.Nm read_random ,
+.Nm read_random_uio ,
.Nm srandom
.Nd supply pseudo-random numbers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
.In sys/random.h
.Ft int
.Fn read_random "void *buffer" "int count"
+.Ft int
+.Fn read_random_uio "struct uio *uio" "bool nonblock"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn random
@@ -117,11 +120,27 @@ necessary to know
that no entropy
has been returned.
.Pp
+The
+.Fn read_random_uio
+function behaves identically to
+.Xr read 2
+on
+.Pa /dev/random .
+The
+.Fa uio
+argument points to a buffer where random data should be stored.
+This function only returns data if the the random device is seeded.
+It blocks if unseeded,
+except when the
+.Fa nonblock
+argument is true.
+.Pp
All the bits returned by
.Fn random ,
-.Fn arc4rand
+.Fn arc4rand ,
+.Fn read_random ,
and
-.Fn read_random
+.Fn read_random_uio
are usable.
For example,
.Sq Li random()&01
@@ -168,6 +187,22 @@ The
function returns
the number of bytes placed in
.Fa buffer .
+.Pp
+.Fn read_random_uio
+returns zero when successful,
+otherwise an error code is returned.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn read_random_uio
+may fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EFAULT
+.Fa uio
+points to an invalid memory region.
+.It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK
+The random device is unseeded and
+.Fa nonblock
+is true.
+.El
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Dan Moschuk
wrote
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