crypto_rng_get_bytes(9)

crypto_rng_get_bytes9

Get random number

Usage

int crypto_rng_get_bytes(struct crypto_rng * tfm, u8 * rdata, unsigned int dlen);

Arguments

tfm

cipher handle

rdata

output buffer holding the random numbers

dlen

length of the output buffer

Overview

This function fills the caller-allocated buffer with random numbers using the random number generator referenced by the cipher handle.

Return

0 function was successful; < 0 if an error occurred

Authors

Stephan Mueller <[email protected]>

Author.

Marek Vasut <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.