tree 55158b087275b1848b5f0ad4e58eb2a2d47016c8
parent adc782dae6c4c0f6fb679a48a544cfbcd79ae3dc
author Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> 1209456188 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1209481585 -0700

random: add async notification support to /dev/random

Add async notification support to /dev/random.

A little test case is below.  Without this patch, you get:

$ ./async-random
Drained the pool
Found more randomness

With it, you get:

$ ./async-random
Drained the pool
SIGIO
Found more randomness

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

static void handler(int sig)
{
        printf("SIGIO\n");
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int fd, n, err, flags;

        if(signal(SIGIO, handler) < 0){
                perror("setting SIGIO handler");
                exit(1);
        }

        fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
        if(fd < 0){
                perror("open");
                exit(1);
        }

        flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
        if (flags < 0){
                perror("getting flags");
                exit(1);
        }

        flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
        if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags) < 0){
                perror("setting flags");
                exit(1);
        }

        while((err = read(fd, &n, sizeof(n))) > 0) ;

        if(err == 0){
                printf("random returned 0\n");
                exit(1);
        }
        else if(errno != EAGAIN){
                perror("read");
                exit(1);
        }

        flags |= O_ASYNC;
        if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags) < 0){
                perror("setting flags");
                exit(1);
        }

        if (fcntl(fd, F_SETOWN, getpid()) < 0) {
                perror("Setting SIGIO");
                exit(1);
        }

        printf("Drained the pool\n");
        read(fd, &n, sizeof(n));
        printf("Found more randomness\n");

        return(0);
}

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>