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     14 
     15 #ifndef OPENSSL_HEADER_RAND_H
     16 #define OPENSSL_HEADER_RAND_H
     17 
     18 #include <openssl/base.h>
     19 
     20 #if defined(__cplusplus)
     21 extern "C" {
     22 #endif
     23 
     24 
     25 /* Random number generation. */
     26 
     27 
     28 /* RAND_bytes writes |len| bytes of random data to |buf| and returns one. */
     29 OPENSSL_EXPORT int RAND_bytes(uint8_t *buf, size_t len);
     30 
     31 /* RAND_cleanup frees any resources used by the RNG. This is not safe if other
     32  * threads might still be calling |RAND_bytes|. */
     33 OPENSSL_EXPORT void RAND_cleanup(void);
     34 
     35 
     36 /* Obscure functions. */
     37 
     38 #if !defined(OPENSSL_WINDOWS)
     39 /* RAND_set_urandom_fd causes the module to use a copy of |fd| for system
     40  * randomness rather opening /dev/urandom internally. The caller retains
     41  * ownership of |fd| and is at liberty to close it at any time. This is useful
     42  * if, due to a sandbox, /dev/urandom isn't available. If used, it must be
     43  * called before the first call to |RAND_bytes|, and it is mutually exclusive
     44  * with |RAND_enable_fork_unsafe_buffering|.
     45  *
     46  * |RAND_set_urandom_fd| does not buffer any entropy, so it is safe to call
     47  * |fork| at any time after calling |RAND_set_urandom_fd|. */
     48 OPENSSL_EXPORT void RAND_set_urandom_fd(int fd);
     49 
     50 /* RAND_enable_fork_unsafe_buffering enables efficient buffered reading of
     51  * /dev/urandom. It adds an overhead of a few KB of memory per thread. It must
     52  * be called before the first call to |RAND_bytes| and it is mutually exclusive
     53  * with calls to |RAND_set_urandom_fd|.
     54  *
     55  * If |fd| is non-negative then a copy of |fd| will be used rather than opening
     56  * /dev/urandom internally. Like |RAND_set_urandom_fd|, the caller retains
     57  * ownership of |fd|. If |fd| is negative then /dev/urandom will be opened and
     58  * any error from open(2) crashes the address space.
     59  *
     60  * It has an unusual name because the buffer is unsafe across calls to |fork|.
     61  * Hence, this function should never be called by libraries. */
     62 OPENSSL_EXPORT void RAND_enable_fork_unsafe_buffering(int fd);
     63 #endif
     64 
     65 
     66 /* Deprecated functions */
     67 
     68 /* RAND_pseudo_bytes is a wrapper around |RAND_bytes|. */
     69 OPENSSL_EXPORT int RAND_pseudo_bytes(uint8_t *buf, size_t len);
     70 
     71 /* RAND_seed reads a single byte of random data to ensure that any file
     72  * descriptors etc are opened. */
     73 OPENSSL_EXPORT void RAND_seed(const void *buf, int num);
     74 
     75 /* RAND_load_file returns a nonnegative number. */
     76 OPENSSL_EXPORT int RAND_load_file(const char *path, long num);
     77 
     78 /* RAND_add does nothing. */
     79 OPENSSL_EXPORT void RAND_add(const void *buf, int num, double entropy);
     80 
     81 /* RAND_egd returns 255. */
     82 OPENSSL_EXPORT int RAND_egd(const char *);
     83 
     84 /* RAND_poll returns one. */
     85 OPENSSL_EXPORT int RAND_poll(void);
     86 
     87 /* RAND_status returns one. */
     88 OPENSSL_EXPORT int RAND_status(void);
     89 
     90 /* rand_meth_st is typedefed to |RAND_METHOD| in base.h. It isn't used; it
     91  * exists only to be the return type of |RAND_SSLeay|. It's
     92  * external so that variables of this type can be initialized. */
     93 struct rand_meth_st {
     94   void (*seed) (const void *buf, int num);
     95   int (*bytes) (uint8_t *buf, size_t num);
     96   void (*cleanup) (void);
     97   void (*add) (const void *buf, int num, double entropy);
     98   int (*pseudorand) (uint8_t *buf, size_t num);
     99   int (*status) (void);
    100 };
    101 
    102 /* RAND_SSLeay returns a pointer to a dummy |RAND_METHOD|. */
    103 OPENSSL_EXPORT RAND_METHOD *RAND_SSLeay(void);
    104 
    105 /* RAND_set_rand_method does nothing. */
    106 OPENSSL_EXPORT void RAND_set_rand_method(const RAND_METHOD *);
    107 
    108 
    109 #if defined(__cplusplus)
    110 }  /* extern C */
    111 #endif
    112 
    113 #endif  /* OPENSSL_HEADER_RAND_H */
    114