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author | Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com> | 2014-12-26 02:46:52 +0000 |
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committer | Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com> | 2015-02-15 00:36:58 +0000 |
commit | f31c6fa33bcc9a608ce6f9ffd671ffc2b65a30ef (patch) | |
tree | 804c1aad78118d760e083f79a0f411894272488f /usr/src/man/man3c/getentropy.3c | |
parent | d34c3434a6ead24ec3e41daebf60ff85376c9e47 (diff) | |
download | illumos-joyent-f31c6fa33bcc9a608ce6f9ffd671ffc2b65a30ef.tar.gz |
OS-3845 want arc4random(3C) suite
OS-3846 want getentropy(3C)
OS-3847 want getrandom(2)
OS-3848 want explicit_bzero(3C)
OS-3843 want MC_INHERIT_ZERO
OS-3844 uuid_generate can leak its cache in edge conditions
Reviewed by: Jerry Jelinek <jerry.jelinek@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Joshua M. Clulow <josh@sysmgr.org>
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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3c/getentropy.3c b/usr/src/man/man3c/getentropy.3c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c149521c73 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/man/man3c/getentropy.3c @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: getentropy.2,v 1.7 2014/12/10 19:19:00 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Theo de Raadt +.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Joyent, Inc. +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd "Dec 31, 2014" +.Dt GETENTROPY 3C +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getentropy +.Nd get entropy +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft int +.Fn getentropy "void *buf" "size_t buflen" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +fills a buffer with high-quality entropy, which can be used +as input for process-context pseudorandom generators like +.Xr arc4random 3C . +.Pp +The maximum buffer size permitted is 256 bytes. +If +.Va buflen +exceeds this, an error of +.Er EIO +will be indicated. +.Pp +.Nm +is not intended for regular code; please use the +.Xr arc4random 3C +family of functions instead. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn getentropy +will succeed unless: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Er EFAULT +The +.Fa buf +parameter points to an +invalid address. +.It Er EIO +Too many bytes requested, or some other fatal error occurred. +.El +.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY +.Sy Comitted +.Sh MT-LEVEL +.Sy Async-Signal-Safe +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arc4random 3C +.Xr attributes 5 |