[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/8] libxl: add libxl__random_bytes() which fills a buffer with random bytes

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The random bytes are obtained from /dev/urandom and are suitable for
almost all uses (except for generating long-lived secure keys).

Documentation suggests that /dev/urandom is widely available on Unix-like
systems (such FreeBSD and NetBSD).

A public libxl_random_bytes() (or similar) could be trivially added,
if this required in the future.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h |    2 ++
 tools/libxl/libxl_utils.c    |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h b/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
index a0d4f24..a9343e8 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_internal.h
@@ -3180,6 +3180,8 @@ int libxl__uint64_parse_json(libxl__gc *gc, const 
libxl__json_object *o,
 int libxl__string_parse_json(libxl__gc *gc, const libxl__json_object *o,
                              char **p);
 
+int libxl__random_bytes(libxl__gc *gc, uint8_t *buf, size_t len);
+
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_utils.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_utils.c
index 476921e..3be01a5 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_utils.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_utils.c
@@ -1014,6 +1014,28 @@ int libxl_domid_valid_guest(uint32_t domid)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Fill @buf with @len random bytes.
+ */
+int libxl__random_bytes(libxl__gc *gc, uint8_t *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    static const char *dev = "/dev/urandom";
+    int fd;
+    int ret;
+
+    fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        LOGE(ERROR, "failed to open \"%s\"", dev);
+        return ERROR_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    ret = libxl_read_exactly(CTX, fd, buf, len, dev, NULL);
+
+    close(fd);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/*
  * Local variables:
  * mode: C
  * c-basic-offset: 4
-- 
1.7.10.4


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