[Libvir] [patch 1/3] Add UUID generation to qemud

[Richard W.M. Jones]

Mark McLoughlin wrote:

> +static int
> +qemudGenerateRandomBytes(unsigned char *buf,
> +                         int buflen)
> +{
> +    int fd;
> +
> +    if ((fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> +        return errno;
> +
> +    while (buflen > 0) {
> +        int n;
> +
> +        if ((n = read(fd, buf, buflen)) <= 0) {
> +            if (errno == EINTR)
> +                continue;
> +            close(fd);
> +            return n < 0 ? errno : ENODATA;
> +        }
> +
> +        buf += n;
> +        buflen -= n;
> +    }
> +
> +    close(fd);
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}

This function would actually be quite useful as a generally available 
function.  In the remote patch I have added the following to configure.in:

dnl /dev/urandom
AC_CHECK_FILES([/dev/urandom])

and then in C code I can write:

#if HAVE__DEV_URANDOM      /* NB double underscore */
  // random blah blah
#else
  // pseudorandom blah blah
#endif

Rich.

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