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1 /* Generate buffers of random data.
3 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
8 any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 /* Written by Paul Eggert. */
21 #include <config.h>
23 #include "randread.h"
25 #include <errno.h>
26 #include <error.h>
27 #include <exitfail.h>
28 #include <quotearg.h>
29 #include <stdbool.h>
30 #include <stdint.h>
31 #include <stdio.h>
32 #include <stdlib.h>
33 #include <string.h>
35 #include "gettext.h"
36 #define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
38 #include "rand-isaac.h"
39 #include "stdio-safer.h"
40 #include "unlocked-io.h"
41 #include "xalloc.h"
43 #ifndef MIN
44 # define MIN(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
45 #endif
47 #if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 8) || __STRICT_ANSI__
48 # define __attribute__(x)
49 #endif
51 #ifndef ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
52 # define ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED __attribute__ ((__unused__))
53 #endif
55 #if _STRING_ARCH_unaligned
56 # define ALIGNED_POINTER(ptr, type) true
57 #else
58 # define alignof(type) offsetof (struct { char c; type x; }, x)
59 # define ALIGNED_POINTER(ptr, type) ((size_t) (ptr) % alignof (type) == 0)
60 #endif
62 #ifndef DEFAULT_RANDOM_FILE
63 # define DEFAULT_RANDOM_FILE "/dev/urandom"
64 #endif
66 /* The maximum buffer size used for reads of random data. Using the
67 value 2 * ISAAC_BYTES makes this the largest power of two that
68 would not otherwise cause struct randread_source to grow. */
69 #define RANDREAD_BUFFER_SIZE (2 * ISAAC_BYTES)
71 /* A source of random data for generating random buffers. */
72 struct randread_source
74 /* Stream to read random bytes from. If null, the behavior is
75 undefined; the current implementation uses ISAAC in this case,
76 but this is for old-fashioned implementations that lack
77 /dev/urandom and callers should not rely on this. */
78 FILE *source;
80 /* Function to call, and its argument, if there is an input error or
81 end of file when reading from the stream; errno is nonzero if
82 there was an error. If this function returns, it should fix the
83 problem before returning. The default handler assumes that
84 handler_arg is the file name of the source. */
85 void (*handler) (void const *);
86 void const *handler_arg;
88 /* The buffer for SOURCE. It's kept here to simplify storage
89 allocation and to make it easier to clear out buffered random
90 data. */
91 union
93 /* The stream buffer, if SOURCE is not null. */
94 char c[RANDREAD_BUFFER_SIZE];
96 /* The buffered ISAAC pseudorandom buffer, if SOURCE is null. */
97 struct isaac
99 /* The number of bytes that are buffered at the end of data.b. */
100 size_t buffered;
102 /* State of the ISAAC generator. */
103 struct isaac_state state;
105 /* Up to a buffer's worth of pseudorandom data. */
106 union
108 uint32_t w[ISAAC_WORDS];
109 unsigned char b[ISAAC_BYTES];
110 } data;
111 } isaac;
112 } buf;
116 /* The default error handler. */
118 static void
119 randread_error (void const *file_name)
121 if (file_name)
122 error (exit_failure, errno,
123 _(errno == 0 ? "%s: end of file" : "%s: read error"),
124 quotearg_colon (file_name));
125 abort ();
128 /* Simply return a new randread_source object with the default error
129 handler. */
131 static struct randread_source *
132 simple_new (FILE *source, void const *handler_arg)
134 struct randread_source *s = xmalloc (sizeof *s);
135 s->source = source;
136 s->handler = randread_error;
137 s->handler_arg = handler_arg;
138 return s;
141 /* Create and initialize a random data source from NAME, or use a
142 reasonable default source if NAME is null. BYTES_BOUND is an upper
143 bound on the number of bytes that will be needed. If zero, it is a
144 hard bound; otherwise it is just an estimate.
146 If NAME is not null, NAME is saved for use as the argument of the
147 default handler. Unless a non-default handler is used, NAME's
148 lifetime should be at least that of the returned value.
150 Return NULL (setting errno) on failure. */
152 struct randread_source *
153 randread_new (char const *name, size_t bytes_bound)
155 if (bytes_bound == 0)
156 return simple_new (NULL, NULL);
157 else
159 char const *file_name = (name ? name : DEFAULT_RANDOM_FILE);
160 FILE *source = fopen_safer (file_name, "rb");
161 struct randread_source *s;
163 if (! source)
165 if (name)
166 return NULL;
167 file_name = NULL;
170 s = simple_new (source, file_name);
172 if (source)
173 setvbuf (source, s->buf.c, _IOFBF, MIN (sizeof s->buf.c, bytes_bound));
174 else
176 s->buf.isaac.buffered = 0;
177 isaac_seed (&s->buf.isaac.state);
180 return s;
185 /* Set S's handler and its argument. HANDLER (HANDLER_ARG) is called
186 when there is a read error or end of file from the random data
187 source; errno is nonzero if there was an error. If HANDLER
188 returns, it should fix the problem before returning. The default
189 handler assumes that handler_arg is the file name of the source; it
190 does not return. */
192 void
193 randread_set_handler (struct randread_source *s, void (*handler) (void const *))
195 s->handler = handler;
198 void
199 randread_set_handler_arg (struct randread_source *s, void const *handler_arg)
201 s->handler_arg = handler_arg;
205 /* Place SIZE random bytes into the buffer beginning at P, using
206 the stream in S. */
208 static void
209 readsource (struct randread_source *s, unsigned char *p, size_t size)
211 for (;;)
213 size_t inbytes = fread (p, sizeof *p, size, s->source);
214 int fread_errno = errno;
215 p += inbytes;
216 size -= inbytes;
217 if (size == 0)
218 break;
219 errno = (ferror (s->source) ? fread_errno : 0);
220 s->handler (s->handler_arg);
225 /* Place SIZE pseudorandom bytes into the buffer beginning at P, using
226 the buffered ISAAC generator in ISAAC. */
228 static void
229 readisaac (struct isaac *isaac, unsigned char *p, size_t size)
231 size_t inbytes = isaac->buffered;
233 for (;;)
235 if (size <= inbytes)
237 memcpy (p, isaac->data.b + ISAAC_BYTES - inbytes, size);
238 isaac->buffered = inbytes - size;
239 return;
242 memcpy (p, isaac->data.b + ISAAC_BYTES - inbytes, inbytes);
243 p += inbytes;
244 size -= inbytes;
246 /* If P is aligned, write to *P directly to avoid the overhead
247 of copying from the buffer. */
248 if (ALIGNED_POINTER (p, uint32_t))
250 uint32_t *wp = (uint32_t *) p;
251 while (ISAAC_BYTES <= size)
253 isaac_refill (&isaac->state, wp);
254 wp += ISAAC_WORDS;
255 size -= ISAAC_BYTES;
256 if (size == 0)
258 isaac->buffered = 0;
259 return;
262 p = (unsigned char *) wp;
265 isaac_refill (&isaac->state, isaac->data.w);
266 inbytes = ISAAC_BYTES;
271 /* Consume random data from *S to generate a random buffer BUF of size
272 SIZE. */
274 void
275 randread (struct randread_source *s, void *buf, size_t size)
277 if (s->source)
278 readsource (s, buf, size);
279 else
280 readisaac (&s->buf.isaac, buf, size);
284 /* Clear *S so that it no longer contains undelivered random data, and
285 deallocate any system resources associated with *S. Return 0 if
286 successful, a negative number (setting errno) if not (this is rare,
287 but can occur in theory if there is an input error). */
290 randread_free (struct randread_source *s)
292 FILE *source = s->source;
293 memset (s, 0, sizeof *s);
294 free (s);
295 return (source ? fclose (source) : 0);