xref: /openbmc/libcper/generator/gen-utils.c (revision d34f2b11)
1 /**
2  * Utility functions to assist in generating psuedo-random CPER sections.
3  *
4  * Author: Lawrence.Tang@arm.com
5  **/
6 #include <stdlib.h>
7 #include <time.h>
8 #include "../edk/BaseTypes.h"
9 #include "gen-utils.h"
10 
11 //Generates a random section of the given byte size, saving the result to the given location.
12 //Returns the length of the section as passed in.
13 size_t generate_random_section(void** location, size_t size)
14 {
15     *location = generate_random_bytes(size);
16     return size;
17 }
18 
19 //Generates a random byte allocation of the given size.
20 UINT8* generate_random_bytes(size_t size)
21 {
22     UINT8* bytes = malloc(size);
23     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++)
24         bytes[i] = rand();
25     return bytes;
26 }
27 
28 //Creates a valid common CPER error section, given the start of the error section.
29 //Clears reserved bits.
30 void create_valid_error_section(UINT8* start)
31 {
32     //Fix reserved bits.
33     UINT64* error_section = (UINT64*)start;
34     *error_section &= ~0xFF; //Reserved bits 0-7.
35     *error_section &= 0x7FFFFF; //Reserved bits 23-63
36 
37     //Ensure error type has a valid value.
38     *(start + 1) = CPER_ERROR_TYPES_KEYS[rand() % (sizeof(CPER_ERROR_TYPES_KEYS) / sizeof(int))];
39 }
40 
41 //Initializes the random seed for rand() using the current time.
42 void init_random()
43 {
44     srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
45 }