src/lib/entropy/getentropy/getentropy.cpp


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/*
* System Call getentropy(2)
* (C) 2017 Alexander Bluhm (genua GmbH)
*
* Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt)
*/

#include <botan/internal/getentropy.h>

#include <unistd.h>

namespace Botan {

/**
* Gather BOTAN_SYSTEM_RNG_POLL_REQUEST bytes entropy from getentropy(2).
* This is 64 bytes, note that maximum buffer size is limited to 256 bytes.
*/
size_t Getentropy::poll(RandomNumberGenerator& rng)
   {
   secure_vector<uint8_t> buf(BOTAN_SYSTEM_RNG_POLL_REQUEST);

   if(::getentropy(buf.data(), buf.size()) == 0)
      {
      rng.add_entropy(buf.data(), buf.size());
      return buf.size() * 8;
      }

   return 0;
   }
}