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#![allow(unsafe_code)]
use crate::buffer::split_init;
use crate::{backend, io};
use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
pub use backend::rand::types::GetRandomFlags;
/// `getrandom(buf, flags)`—Reads a sequence of random bytes.
///
/// This is a very low-level API which may be difficult to use correctly. Most
/// users should prefer to use [`getrandom`] or [`rand`] APIs instead.
///
///
/// # References
/// - [Linux]
///
#[inline]
pub fn getrandom(buf: &mut [u8], flags: GetRandomFlags) -> io::Result<usize> {
unsafe { backend::rand::syscalls::getrandom(buf.as_mut_ptr(), buf.len(), flags) }
}
/// `getrandom(buf, flags)`—Reads a sequence of random bytes.
///
/// This is identical to [`getrandom`], except that it can read into
/// uninitialized memory. It returns the slice that was initialized by this
/// function and the slice that remains uninitialized.
#[inline]
pub fn getrandom_uninit(
buf: &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>],
flags: GetRandomFlags,
) -> io::Result<(&mut [u8], &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>])> {
// Get number of initialized bytes.
let length = unsafe {
backend::rand::syscalls::getrandom(buf.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8, buf.len(), flags)
};
// Split into the initialized and uninitialized portions.
Ok(unsafe { split_init(buf, length?) })
}