From: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
To: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Mike Lothian" <mike@fireburn.co.uk>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@kernel.org>,
"Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
"Joel Fernandes" <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] rust: random: add a safe get_random_bytes wrapper
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:28:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260826162851.2497-4-mike@fireburn.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826162851.2497-1-mike@fireburn.co.uk>
Expose a slice-based wrapper around get_random_bytes() so Rust callers
can fill key, nonce, and other random buffers without touching raw
pointers.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
---
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
rust/kernel/random.rs | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 rust/kernel/random.rs
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 08e5730753eb..f39648246271 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
pub mod ptr;
#[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_PWM_ABSTRACTIONS)]
pub mod pwm;
+pub mod random;
pub mod rbtree;
pub mod regulator;
pub mod revocable;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/random.rs b/rust/kernel/random.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f2288969dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/random.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Random number generation.
+//!
+//! C header: [`include/linux/random.h`](srctree/include/linux/random.h)
+
+use crate::bindings;
+
+/// Fills `buf` with cryptographically secure random bytes from the kernel's CSPRNG.
+///
+/// This is the in-kernel equivalent of reading from `/dev/urandom`, and is suitable for generating
+/// keys, nonces and other secrets. It never blocks: once the CSPRNG has been seeded during boot it
+/// stays seeded, and callers running that early should use
+/// [`wait_for_random_bytes()`] instead of assuming otherwise.
+///
+/// [`wait_for_random_bytes()`]: srctree/include/linux/random.h
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::random;
+///
+/// let mut key = [0u8; 16];
+/// random::fill_bytes(&mut key);
+///
+/// // A zero-length request is valid and does nothing.
+/// random::fill_bytes(&mut []);
+/// ```
+#[inline]
+pub fn fill_bytes(buf: &mut [u8]) {
+ // SAFETY: `buf` is a valid slice, so its pointer is valid for writes of `buf.len()` bytes, and
+ // `get_random_bytes()` writes exactly that many.
+ unsafe { bindings::get_random_bytes(buf.as_mut_ptr().cast(), buf.len()) };
+}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-26 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 16:28 [PATCH 0/9] rust: core abstractions for a USB display driver Mike Lothian
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 1/9] rust: sync: completion: add single-shot and timed operations Mike Lothian
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 2/9] rust: hrtimer: add ArcHrTimerHandle::restart Mike Lothian
2026-08-27 13:27 ` Andreas Hindborg
2026-08-26 16:28 ` Mike Lothian [this message]
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 4/9] rust: xxhash: add a safe xxh64 wrapper Mike Lothian
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 5/9] rust: workqueue: make OwnedQueue thread-safe Mike Lothian
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 6/9] rust: io: add checked offset copy helpers Mike Lothian
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 7/9] rust: hrtimer: expose interrupt state in hard callbacks Mike Lothian
2026-08-27 13:34 ` Andreas Hindborg
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 8/9] rust: error: expose EPROTO Mike Lothian
2026-08-26 16:34 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-08-26 16:28 ` [PATCH 9/9] rust: time: add ktime_get_real_seconds Mike Lothian
2026-08-27 13:39 ` Andreas Hindborg
2026-08-26 16:54 ` [PATCH 0/9] rust: core abstractions for a USB display driver Miguel Ojeda
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