arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/getrandom.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/getrandom.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/getrandom.h
Extension
.h
Size
857 bytes
Lines
33
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/x86
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.

Dependency Surface

Detected Declarations

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef __ASM_VDSO_GETRANDOM_H
#define __ASM_VDSO_GETRANDOM_H

#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__

#include <asm/unistd.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)
{
	long ret;

	asm ("syscall" : "=a" (ret) :
	     "0" (__NR_getrandom), "D" (buffer), "S" (len), "d" (flags) :
	     "rcx", "r11", "memory");

	return ret;
}

#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */

#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_GETRANDOM_H */

Annotation

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