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authorPaul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>2024-05-08 17:58:59 -0400
committerPaul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>2024-05-08 17:58:59 -0400
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parentb8a5fd74a4823b9fbf6194b0b94226f9f044756d (diff)
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rand-bytes.h: use getentropy() instead of getrandom() to support macos
-rw-r--r--rand-bytes.h32
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/rand-bytes.h b/rand-bytes.h
index b9d38d4..14b2861 100644
--- a/rand-bytes.h
+++ b/rand-bytes.h
@@ -2,18 +2,34 @@
#define RAND_BYTES_H
#include <stddef.h> // size_t
-#include <sys/random.h> // getrandom()
+#include <sys/random.h> // getentropy()
#include <err.h> // errx()
-// Fill `buf` with `len` random bytes using `getrandom()`.
+// Fill `buf` with `len` random bytes using `getentropy()`.
//
-// Prints an error and exits with an error code if `len` random bytes
-// could not be read.
-static void rand_bytes(void * const buf, const size_t len) {
- const ssize_t got = getrandom(buf, len, 0);
- if (got < (ssize_t) len) {
+// Prints an error message to standard error and exits with a non-zero
+// error code if `len` random bytes could not be read.
+static void rand_bytes(void * const buf, size_t len) {
+ uint8_t *u8 = (uint8_t*) buf;
+
+ // the maximum length for getentropy() is 256 bytes, so split requests
+ // for more than 256 bytes into multiple calls to `getentropy()`.
+ while (len > 256) {
+ // read 256 bytes, check for error
+ if (getentropy(u8, 256) == -1) {
+ // print error message, exit with error
+ errx(-1, "getentropy() failed");
+ }
+
+ // increment pointer, decrement length
+ u8 += 256;
+ len -= 256;
+ }
+
+ // read remaining bytes, check for error
+ if (getentropy(u8, len) == -1) {
// print error message, exit with error
- errx(-1, "getrandom() failed");
+ errx(-1, "getentropy() failed");
}
}