libs/libc/unistd/lib_getentropy.c

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 * Included Files
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#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: getentropy
 *
 * Description:
 *   The getentropy() function writes length bytes of high-quality
 *   random data to the buffer starting at the location pointed to by
 *   buffer. The maximum permitted value for the length argument is
 *   256.
 *
 *   A successful call to getentropy() always provides the requested
 *   number of bytes of entropy.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   buffer - Buffer for returned random bytes
 *   length - Number of bytes requested.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   On success, this function returns zero.  On error, -1 is
 *   returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int getentropy(FAR void *buffer, size_t length)
{
  if (length > 256)
    {
      set_errno(EIO);
      return -1;
    }

  arc4random_buf(buffer, length);
  return 0;
}