include/linux/random.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/random.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/random.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 4613 bytes
- Lines
- 143
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: operation-table or driver-model contract
- Status
- pattern implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines an operation table; this is where Linux turns generic core objects into subsystem-specific behavior.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/bug.hlinux/kernel.hlinux/list.huapi/linux/random.h
Detected Declarations
struct notifier_blockfunction add_latent_entropyfunction register_random_vmfork_notifierfunction unregister_random_vmfork_notifierfunction get_random_longfunction get_random_u32_belowfunction intervalfunction get_random_u32_inclusivefunction get_random_bytes_wait
Annotated Snippet
extern const struct file_operations random_fops, urandom_fops;
#endif
#endif /* _LINUX_RANDOM_H */Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/bug.h`, `linux/kernel.h`, `linux/list.h`, `uapi/linux/random.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct notifier_block`, `function add_latent_entropy`, `function register_random_vmfork_notifier`, `function unregister_random_vmfork_notifier`, `function get_random_long`, `function get_random_u32_below`, `function interval`, `function get_random_u32_inclusive`, `function get_random_bytes_wait`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: pattern implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.