2 files changed, 29 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.cpp b/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.cpp
index 91306769d..b995ab5d4 100644
--- a/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <botan/internal/rdseed.h>
 #include <botan/cpuid.h>
+#include <botan/build.h>
 
 #if !defined(BOTAN_USE_GCC_INLINE_ASM)
   #include <immintrin.h>
@@ -14,32 +15,40 @@
 
 namespace Botan {
 
-/*
-* Get the timestamp
-*/
-void Intel_Rdseed::poll(Entropy_Accumulator& accum)
-   {
-   if(!CPUID::has_rdseed())
-      return;
-
-   const size_t RDSEED_POLLS = 32;
-
-   for(size_t i = 0; i != RDSEED_POLLS; ++i)
+/// @returns 0 if RdSeed failed after @param max_retries otherwise the 32 bit random number generated by RdSeed
+uint32_t Intel_Rdseed::get32BitRandom( const uint32_t max_retries ) {
+   for ( size_t i = 0; i != max_retries; ++i )
       {
-      unsigned int r = 0;
+      uint32_t r = 0;
 
 #if defined(BOTAN_USE_GCC_INLINE_ASM)
       int cf = 0;
 
       // Encoding of rdseed %eax
-      asm(".byte 0x0F, 0xC7, 0xF8; adcl $0,%1" :
-          "=a" (r), "=r" (cf) : "0" (r), "1" (cf) : "cc");
+      asm( ".byte 0x0F, 0xC7, 0xF8; adcl $0,%1" :
+           "=a" ( r ), "=r" ( cf ) : "0" ( r ), "1" ( cf ) : "cc" );
 #else
-      int cf = _rdseed32_step(&r);
+      int cf = _rdseed32_step( &r );
 #endif
+      if ( 1 == cf )
+         {
+         return r;
+         }
+      }
+   return 0;
+   }
 
-      if(cf == 1)
-         accum.add(r, BOTAN_ENTROPY_ESTIMATE_HARDWARE_RNG);
+void Intel_Rdseed::poll( Entropy_Accumulator& accum ) {
+   if ( !CPUID::has_rdseed() )
+      return;
+
+   for ( size_t i = 0; i != BOTAN_ENTROPY_INTEL_RNG_POLLS; ++i )
+      {
+      uint32_t random = get32BitRandom( BOTAN_ENTROPY_RDSEED_RETRIES );
+      if ( random )
+         {
+         accum.add( random, BOTAN_ENTROPY_ESTIMATE_HARDWARE_RNG );
+         }
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.h b/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.h
index 0f39250a1..a6f92709a 100644
--- a/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.h
+++ b/src/lib/entropy/rdseed/rdseed.h
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class Intel_Rdseed : public Entropy_Source
    {
    public:
       std::string name() const override { return "rdseed"; }
-      void poll(Entropy_Accumulator& accum) override;
+      void poll( Entropy_Accumulator& accum ) override;
+   private:
+      static uint32_t get32BitRandom( uint32_t max_retries );
    };
 
 }