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1 /*
2  * RNG: Random Number Generator  algorithms under the crypto API
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 2008 Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
5  *
6  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
7  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
8  * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
9  * any later version.
10  *
11  */
12 
13 #ifndef _CRYPTO_RNG_H
14 #define _CRYPTO_RNG_H
15 
16 #include <linux/crypto.h>
17 
18 struct crypto_rng {
19 	int (*generate)(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
20 			const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
21 			u8 *dst, unsigned int dlen);
22 	int (*seed)(struct crypto_rng *tfm, u8 *seed, unsigned int slen);
23 	struct crypto_tfm base;
24 };
25 
26 extern struct crypto_rng *crypto_default_rng;
27 
28 int crypto_get_default_rng(void);
29 void crypto_put_default_rng(void);
30 
31 /**
32  * DOC: Random number generator API
33  *
34  * The random number generator API is used with the ciphers of type
35  * CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_RNG (listed as type "rng" in /proc/crypto)
36  */
37 
38 /**
39  * crypto_alloc_rng() -- allocate RNG handle
40  * @alg_name: is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the
41  *	      message digest cipher
42  * @type: specifies the type of the cipher
43  * @mask: specifies the mask for the cipher
44  *
45  * Allocate a cipher handle for a random number generator. The returned struct
46  * crypto_rng is the cipher handle that is required for any subsequent
47  * API invocation for that random number generator.
48  *
49  * For all random number generators, this call creates a new private copy of
50  * the random number generator that does not share a state with other
51  * instances. The only exception is the "krng" random number generator which
52  * is a kernel crypto API use case for the get_random_bytes() function of the
53  * /dev/random driver.
54  *
55  * Return: allocated cipher handle in case of success; IS_ERR() is true in case
56  *	   of an error, PTR_ERR() returns the error code.
57  */
58 struct crypto_rng *crypto_alloc_rng(const char *alg_name, u32 type, u32 mask);
59 
60 static inline struct crypto_tfm *crypto_rng_tfm(struct crypto_rng *tfm)
61 {
62 	return &tfm->base;
63 }
64 
65 /**
66  * crypto_rng_alg - obtain name of RNG
67  * @tfm: cipher handle
68  *
69  * Return the generic name (cra_name) of the initialized random number generator
70  *
71  * Return: generic name string
72  */
73 static inline struct rng_alg *crypto_rng_alg(struct crypto_rng *tfm)
74 {
75 	return &crypto_rng_tfm(tfm)->__crt_alg->cra_rng;
76 }
77 
78 /**
79  * crypto_free_rng() - zeroize and free RNG handle
80  * @tfm: cipher handle to be freed
81  */
82 static inline void crypto_free_rng(struct crypto_rng *tfm)
83 {
84 	crypto_destroy_tfm(tfm, crypto_rng_tfm(tfm));
85 }
86 
87 /**
88  * crypto_rng_generate() - get random number
89  * @tfm: cipher handle
90  * @src: Input buffer holding additional data, may be NULL
91  * @slen: Length of additional data
92  * @dst: output buffer holding the random numbers
93  * @dlen: length of the output buffer
94  *
95  * This function fills the caller-allocated buffer with random
96  * numbers using the random number generator referenced by the
97  * cipher handle.
98  *
99  * Return: 0 function was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
100  */
101 static inline int crypto_rng_generate(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
102 				      const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
103 				      u8 *dst, unsigned int dlen)
104 {
105 	return tfm->generate(tfm, src, slen, dst, dlen);
106 }
107 
108 /**
109  * crypto_rng_get_bytes() - get random number
110  * @tfm: cipher handle
111  * @rdata: output buffer holding the random numbers
112  * @dlen: length of the output buffer
113  *
114  * This function fills the caller-allocated buffer with random numbers using the
115  * random number generator referenced by the cipher handle.
116  *
117  * Return: 0 function was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
118  */
119 static inline int crypto_rng_get_bytes(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
120 				       u8 *rdata, unsigned int dlen)
121 {
122 	return crypto_rng_generate(tfm, NULL, 0, rdata, dlen);
123 }
124 
125 /**
126  * crypto_rng_reset() - re-initialize the RNG
127  * @tfm: cipher handle
128  * @seed: seed input data
129  * @slen: length of the seed input data
130  *
131  * The reset function completely re-initializes the random number generator
132  * referenced by the cipher handle by clearing the current state. The new state
133  * is initialized with the caller provided seed or automatically, depending
134  * on the random number generator type (the ANSI X9.31 RNG requires
135  * caller-provided seed, the SP800-90A DRBGs perform an automatic seeding).
136  * The seed is provided as a parameter to this function call. The provided seed
137  * should have the length of the seed size defined for the random number
138  * generator as defined by crypto_rng_seedsize.
139  *
140  * Return: 0 if the setting of the key was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
141  */
142 static inline int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
143 				   u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
144 {
145 	return tfm->seed(tfm, seed, slen);
146 }
147 
148 /**
149  * crypto_rng_seedsize() - obtain seed size of RNG
150  * @tfm: cipher handle
151  *
152  * The function returns the seed size for the random number generator
153  * referenced by the cipher handle. This value may be zero if the random
154  * number generator does not implement or require a reseeding. For example,
155  * the SP800-90A DRBGs implement an automated reseeding after reaching a
156  * pre-defined threshold.
157  *
158  * Return: seed size for the random number generator
159  */
160 static inline int crypto_rng_seedsize(struct crypto_rng *tfm)
161 {
162 	return crypto_rng_alg(tfm)->seedsize;
163 }
164 
165 #endif
166