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authorMichael Brown2012-03-18 18:03:58 +0100
committerMichael Brown2012-03-18 18:06:03 +0100
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[rng] Add Linux entropy source using /dev/random
Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
+
+/** @file
+ *
+ * Linux entropy source
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <linux_api.h>
+#include <ipxe/entropy.h>
+
+/** Entropy source filename */
+static const char entropy_filename[] = "/dev/random";
+
+/** Entropy source file handle */
+static int entropy_fd;
+
+/**
+ * Enable entropy gathering
+ *
+ * @ret rc Return status code
+ */
+static int linux_entropy_enable ( void ) {
+
+ /* Open entropy source */
+ entropy_fd = linux_open ( entropy_filename, O_RDONLY );
+ if ( entropy_fd < 0 ) {
+ DBGC ( &entropy_fd, "ENTROPY could not open %s: %s\n",
+ entropy_filename, linux_strerror ( linux_errno ) );
+ return entropy_fd;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Disable entropy gathering
+ *
+ */
+static void linux_entropy_disable ( void ) {
+
+ /* Close entropy source */
+ linux_close ( entropy_fd );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get noise sample
+ *
+ * @ret noise Noise sample
+ * @ret rc Return status code
+ */
+static int linux_get_noise ( noise_sample_t *noise ) {
+ uint8_t byte;
+ ssize_t len;
+
+ /* Read a single byte from entropy source */
+ len = linux_read ( entropy_fd, &byte, sizeof ( byte ) );
+ if ( len < 0 ) {
+ DBGC ( &entropy_fd, "ENTROPY could not read from %s: %s\n",
+ entropy_filename, linux_strerror ( linux_errno ) );
+ return len;
+ }
+ if ( len == 0 ) {
+ DBGC ( &entropy_fd, "ENTROPY EOF on reading from %s: %s\n",
+ entropy_filename, linux_strerror ( linux_errno ) );
+ return -EPIPE;
+ }
+ *noise = byte;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+PROVIDE_ENTROPY_INLINE ( linux, min_entropy_per_sample );
+PROVIDE_ENTROPY ( linux, entropy_enable, linux_entropy_enable );
+PROVIDE_ENTROPY ( linux, entropy_disable, linux_entropy_disable );
+PROVIDE_ENTROPY ( linux, get_noise, linux_get_noise );