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@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU guest-visible random functions
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_GUEST_RANDOM_H
+#define QEMU_GUEST_RANDOM_H
+
+/**
+ * qemu_guest_random_seed_main(const char *optarg, Error **errp)
+ * @optarg: a non-NULL pointer to a C string
+ * @errp: an error indicator
+ *
+ * The @optarg value is that which accompanies the -seed argument.
+ * This forces qemu_guest_getrandom into deterministic mode.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, < 0 on failure while setting *errp.
+ */
+int qemu_guest_random_seed_main(const char *optarg, Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part1(void)
+ *
+ * If qemu_getrandom is in deterministic mode, returns an
+ * independent seed for the new thread. Otherwise returns 0.
+ */
+uint64_t qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part1(void);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(uint64_t seed)
+ * @seed: a value for the new thread.
+ *
+ * If qemu_guest_getrandom is in deterministic mode, this stores an
+ * independent seed for the new thread. Otherwise a no-op.
+ */
+void qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(uint64_t seed);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_guest_getrandom(void *buf, size_t len, Error **errp)
+ * @buf: a buffer of bytes to be written
+ * @len: the number of bytes in @buf
+ * @errp: an error indicator
+ *
+ * Fills len bytes in buf with random data. This should only be used
+ * for data presented to the guest. Host-side crypto services should
+ * use qcrypto_random_bytes.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, < 0 on failure while setting *errp.
+ */
+int qemu_guest_getrandom(void *buf, size_t len, Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(void *buf, size_t len)
+ * @buf: a buffer of bytes to be written
+ * @len: the number of bytes in @buf
+ *
+ * Like qemu_guest_getrandom, but will assert for failure.
+ * Use this when there is no reasonable recovery.
+ */
+void qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(void *buf, size_t len);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_GUEST_RANDOM_H */
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@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU guest-visible random functions
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+#include "crypto/random.h"
+
+
+static __thread GRand *thread_rand;
+static bool deterministic;
+
+
+static int glib_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ GRand *rand = thread_rand;
+ size_t i;
+ uint32_t x;
+
+ if (unlikely(rand == NULL)) {
+ /* Thread not initialized for a cpu, or main w/o -seed. */
+ thread_rand = rand = g_rand_new();
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i + 4 <= len; i += 4) {
+ x = g_rand_int(rand);
+ __builtin_memcpy(buf + i, &x, 4);
+ }
+ if (i < len) {
+ x = g_rand_int(rand);
+ __builtin_memcpy(buf + i, &x, i - len);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int qemu_guest_getrandom(void *buf, size_t len, Error **errp)
+{
+ if (unlikely(deterministic)) {
+ /* Deterministic implementation using Glib's Mersenne Twister. */
+ return glib_random_bytes(buf, len);
+ } else {
+ /* Non-deterministic implementation using crypto routines. */
+ return qcrypto_random_bytes(buf, len, errp);
+ }
+}
+
+void qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ qemu_guest_getrandom(buf, len, &error_fatal);
+}
+
+uint64_t qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part1(void)
+{
+ if (deterministic) {
+ uint64_t ret;
+ glib_random_bytes(&ret, sizeof(ret));
+ return ret;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(uint64_t seed)
+{
+ g_assert(thread_rand == NULL);
+ if (deterministic) {
+ thread_rand =
+ g_rand_new_with_seed_array((const guint32 *)&seed,
+ sizeof(seed) / sizeof(guint32));
+ }
+}
+
+int qemu_guest_random_seed_main(const char *optarg, Error **errp)
+{
+ unsigned long long seed;
+ if (parse_uint_full(optarg, &seed, 0)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Invalid seed number: %s", optarg);
+ return -1;
+ } else {
+ deterministic = true;
+ qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(seed);
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
@@ -54,5 +54,6 @@ util-obj-y += iova-tree.o
util-obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY1) += filemonitor-inotify.o
util-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += vfio-helpers.o
util-obj-$(CONFIG_OPENGL) += drm.o
+util-obj-y += guest-random.o
stub-obj-y += filemonitor-stub.o