serval-dna/randombytes.c

/*
Serval Distributed Numbering Architecture (DNA)
Copyright (C) 2010 Paul Gardner-Stephen
 
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
 
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/* it's really stupid that there isn't a syscall for this */

static int fd = -1;

void randombytes(unsigned char *x,unsigned long long xlen)
{
  int i;

  if (fd == -1) {
    for (;;) {
      fd = open("/dev/urandom",O_RDONLY);
      if (fd != -1) break;
      sleep(1);
    }
  }

  while (xlen > 0) {
    if (xlen < 1048576) i = xlen; else i = 1048576;

    i = read(fd,x,i);
    if (i < 1) {
      sleep(1);
      continue;
    }

    x += i;
    xlen -= i;
  }
}