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GETRANDOM(2) FreeBSD System Calls Manual GETRANDOM(2)
NAME
getrandom - get random data
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/random.h>
ssize_t
getrandom(void *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int flags);
DESCRIPTION
getrandom() fills buf with up to buflen bytes of random data.
The flags argument may include zero or more of the following:
`GRND_NONBLOCK' Return EAGAIN instead of blocking, if the random(4)
device has not yet been seeded. By default, getrandom()
will block until the device is seeded.
`GRND_RANDOM' This flag does nothing on FreeBSD. /dev/random and
/dev/urandom are identical.
`GRND_INSECURE' This flag is treated as an alternative name for
GRND_NONBLOCK. It is provided solely for API
compatibility with Linux.
If the random(4) device has been seeded, reads of up to 256 bytes will
always return as many bytes as requested and will not be interrupted by
signals.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the number of bytes which were actually read
is returned. For requests larger than 256 bytes, this can be fewer bytes
than were requested. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The getrandom() operation returns the following errors:
[EAGAIN] The `GRND_NONBLOCK' (or `GRND_INSECURE') flag was set
and the random(4) device was not yet seeded.
[EFAULT] The buf parameter points to an invalid address.
[EINTR] The sleep was interrupted by a signal.
[EINVAL] An invalid flags was specified.
[EINVAL] The requested buflen was larger than IOSIZE_MAX.
SEE ALSO
arc4random(3), getentropy(3), random(4)
STANDARDS
getrandom() is non-standard. It is present in Linux.
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE January 12, 2020 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE