Code to get random bytes in C, cross-platform

kitty/cross-platform-random.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+ *
+ * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#if __linux__
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+static inline bool
+secure_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes) {
+    unsigned char* p = buf;
+    ssize_t left = nbytes;
+    while(1) {
+        ssize_t n = getrandom(p, left, 0);
+        if (n >= left) return true;
+        if (n < 0) {
+            if (errno != EINTR) return false;  // should never happen but if it does, we fail without any feedback
+            continue;
+        }
+        left -= n; p += n;
+    }
+}
+#else
+static inline bool
+secure_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes) {
+    arc4random_buf(buf, nbytes);
+    return true;
+}
+#endif