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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2013-12-11 16:59:41 +0100
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2013-12-11 17:01:15 +0100
commitcd548ba2dc777b8b27d8d33182ba733c20222120 (patch)
tree58b2151b8e12bf23958e946554de4fd0ee86ee97 /random/random-system.c
parenteae1e7712e1b687bd77eb37d0eb505fc9d46d93c (diff)
downloadlibgcrypt-cd548ba2dc777b8b27d8d33182ba733c20222120.tar.gz
random: Add a feature to close device file descriptors.
* src/gcrypt.h.in (GCRYCTL_CLOSE_RANDOM_DEVICE): New. * src/global.c (_gcry_vcontrol): Call _gcry_random_close_fds. * random/random.c (_gcry_random_close_fds): New. * random/random-csprng.c (_gcry_rngcsprng_close_fds): New. * random/random-fips.c (_gcry_rngfips_close_fds): New. * random/random-system.c (_gcry_rngsystem_close_fds): New. * random/rndlinux.c (open_device): Add arg retry. (_gcry_rndlinux_gather_random): Add mode to close open fds. * tests/random.c (check_close_random_device): New. (main): Call new test. Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
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diff --git a/random/random-system.c b/random/random-system.c
index 0ef9d247..3962ab88 100644
--- a/random/random-system.c
+++ b/random/random-system.c
@@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ _gcry_rngsystem_initialize (int full)
}
+/* Try to close the FDs of the random gather module. This is
+ currently only implemented for rndlinux. */
+void
+_gcry_rngsystem_close_fds (void)
+{
+ lock_rng ();
+#if USE_RNDLINUX
+ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+#endif
+ unlock_rng ();
+}
+
+
/* Print some statistics about the RNG. */
void
_gcry_rngsystem_dump_stats (void)