random_seed.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier@gmail.com>
 *
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
 *
 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 *
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 */
 
#ifndef AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H
#define AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H
 
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
/**
 * @addtogroup lavu_crypto
 * @{
 */
 
/**
 * Get a seed to use in conjunction with random functions.
 * This function tries to provide a good seed at a best effort bases.
 * Its possible to call this function multiple times if more bits are needed.
 * It can be quite slow, which is why it should only be used as seed for a faster
 * PRNG. The quality of the seed depends on the platform.
 */
uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void);
 
/**
 * Generate cryptographically secure random data, i.e. suitable for use as
 * encryption keys and similar.
 *
 * @param buf buffer into which the random data will be written
 * @param len size of buf in bytes
 *
 * @retval 0                         success, len bytes of random data was written
 *                                   into buf
 * @retval "a negative AVERROR code" random data could not be generated
 */
int av_random_bytes(uint8_t *buf, size_t len);
 
/**
 * @}
 */
 
#endif /* AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H */