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diff --git a/docs/src/misc.rst b/docs/src/misc.rst index 3ecfce48..8e167e3e 100644 --- a/docs/src/misc.rst +++ b/docs/src/misc.rst @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ Data types Replacement function for :man:`free(3)`. See :c:func:`uv_replace_allocator`. +.. c:type:: void (*uv_random_cb)(uv_random_t* req, int status, void* buf, size_t buflen) + + Callback passed to :c:func:`uv_random`. `status` is non-zero in case of + error. The `buf` pointer is the same pointer that was passed to + :c:func:`uv_random`. + .. c:type:: uv_file Cross platform representation of a file handle. @@ -191,6 +197,9 @@ Data types char* value; } uv_env_item_t; +.. c:type:: uv_random_t + + Random data request type. API --- @@ -648,3 +657,39 @@ API argument to `gettimeofday()` is not supported, as it is considered obsolete. .. versionadded:: 1.28.0 + +.. c:function:: int uv_random(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_random_t* req, void* buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int flags, uv_random_cb cb) + + Fill `buf` with exactly `buflen` cryptographically strong random bytes + acquired from the system CSPRNG. `flags` is reserved for future extension + and must currently be 0. + + Short reads are not possible. When less than `buflen` random bytes are + available, a non-zero error value is returned or passed to the callback. + + The synchronous version may block indefinitely when not enough entropy + is available. The asynchronous version may not ever finish when the system + is low on entropy. + + Sources of entropy: + + - Windows: `RtlGenRandom <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/ntsecapi/nf-ntsecapi-rtlgenrandom>_`. + - Linux, Android: :man:`getrandom(2)` if available, or :man:`urandom(4)` + after reading from `/dev/random` once, or the `KERN_RANDOM` + :man:`sysctl(2)`. + - FreeBSD: `getrandom(2) <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getrandom&sektion=2>_`, + or `/dev/urandom` after reading from `/dev/random` once. + - macOS, OpenBSD: `getentropy(2) <https://man.openbsd.org/getentropy.2>_` + if available, or `/dev/urandom` after reading from `/dev/random` once. + - AIX: `/dev/random`. + - IBM i: `/dev/urandom`. + - Other UNIX: `/dev/urandom` after reading from `/dev/random` once. + + :returns: 0 on success, or an error code < 0 on failure. The contents of + `buf` is undefined after an error. + + .. note:: + When using the synchronous version, both `loop` and `req` parameters + are not used and can be set to `NULL`. + + .. versionadded:: 1.33.0 |