arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/getrandom.h

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File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/getrandom.h
Extension
.h
Size
1011 bytes
Lines
39
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/arm64
Inferred role
Architecture Layer: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.

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Annotated Snippet

#ifndef __ASM_VDSO_GETRANDOM_H
#define __ASM_VDSO_GETRANDOM_H

#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__

#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <asm/vdso/vsyscall.h>
#include <vdso/datapage.h>

/**
 * getrandom_syscall - Invoke the getrandom() syscall.
 * @buffer:	Destination buffer to fill with random bytes.
 * @len:	Size of @buffer in bytes.
 * @flags:	Zero or more GRND_* flags.
 * Returns:	The number of random bytes written to @buffer, or a negative value indicating an error.
 */
static __always_inline ssize_t getrandom_syscall(void *_buffer, size_t _len, unsigned int _flags)
{
	register void *buffer asm ("x0") = _buffer;
	register size_t len asm ("x1") = _len;
	register unsigned int flags asm ("x2") = _flags;
	register long ret asm ("x0");
	register long nr asm ("x8") = __NR_getrandom;

	asm volatile(
	"       svc #0\n"
	: "=r" (ret)
	: "r" (buffer), "r" (len), "r" (flags), "r" (nr)
	: "memory");

	return ret;
}

#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */

#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_GETRANDOM_H */

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