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  1. /*
  2. * Copyright (c) 2009 Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier@gmail.com>
  3. *
  4. * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  5. *
  6. * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  7. * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  8. * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  9. * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  10. *
  11. * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  12. * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  13. * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  14. * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  15. *
  16. * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  17. * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
  18. * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  19. */
  20. #ifndef AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H
  21. #define AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H
  22. #include <stddef.h>
  23. #include <stdint.h>
  24. /**
  25. * @addtogroup lavu_crypto
  26. * @{
  27. */
  28. /**
  29. * Get a seed to use in conjunction with random functions.
  30. * This function tries to provide a good seed at a best effort bases.
  31. * Its possible to call this function multiple times if more bits are needed.
  32. * It can be quite slow, which is why it should only be used as seed for a faster
  33. * PRNG. The quality of the seed depends on the platform.
  34. */
  35. uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void);
  36. /**
  37. * Generate cryptographically secure random data, i.e. suitable for use as
  38. * encryption keys and similar.
  39. *
  40. * @param buf buffer into which the random data will be written
  41. * @param len size of buf in bytes
  42. *
  43. * @retval 0 success, len bytes of random data was written
  44. * into buf
  45. * @retval "a negative AVERROR code" random data could not be generated
  46. */
  47. int av_random_bytes(uint8_t *buf, size_t len);
  48. /**
  49. * @}
  50. */
  51. #endif /* AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H */