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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Etienne Champetier <champetier.etienne@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define ERROR_EXIT(fmt, ...) do { \
+ fprintf(stderr, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
+ return EXIT_FAILURE; \
+ } while (0)
+
+static int usage(char *name)
+{
+ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <nb>\n", name);
+ fprintf(stderr, " => return <nb> bytes from getrandom()\n");
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ if (argc != 2)
+ return usage(argv[0]);
+
+ if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
+ ERROR_EXIT("Not outputting random to a tty\n");
+
+ int nbtot = atoi(argv[1]);
+ if (nbtot < 1)
+ ERROR_EXIT("Invalid <nb> param (must be > 0)\n");
+
+ char buf[256];
+ int len = sizeof(buf);
+ while (nbtot > 0) {
+ if (nbtot <= sizeof(buf))
+ len = nbtot;
+ if (syscall(SYS_getrandom, buf, len, 0) == -1)
+ ERROR_EXIT("getrandom() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, len) != len)
+ ERROR_EXIT("write() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ nbtot -= sizeof(buf);
+ }
+}