summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/util/nvmutil
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLeah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>2026-03-10 09:07:15 +0000
committerLeah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>2026-03-10 09:07:15 +0000
commit7620d1d12668853cfece0f8f0cfd3017b691ae1f (patch)
treed5805b3b872a4d6770ac8652966bb991b860d668 /util/nvmutil
parent21f8d323f436f315650abdb862b28c72695f61b2 (diff)
util/nvmutil: remove arc4random for portability
just use /dev/urandom and fall back to /dev/random this is what i was doing for years. this combined with other changes, and the new prw() function for i/o, means portability should be pretty high now. i will actually start testing nvmutil on old bsd systems from the 90s later. Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'util/nvmutil')
-rw-r--r--util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c44
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
index 9e8a4a1c..25f38a58 100644
--- a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
+++ b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
@@ -70,23 +70,6 @@ typedef char static_assert_twos_complement[
typedef char static_assert_off_t_is_32[(sizeof(off_t) >= 4) ? 1 : -1];
/*
- * The BSD versions that could realistically build
- * nvmutil almost certainly have arc4random (first
- * introduced in 1990s to early 2000s).
- *
- * If you want it on another platform, e.g. Linux,
- * just patch this accordingly. Or patch it to remove
- * arc4random on old/weird Unix systems.
- */
-#if defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || \
- defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || \
- defined(__DragonFly__)
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
-#define NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF 1
-#endif
-#endif
-
-/*
* Older versions of BSD to the early 2000s
* could compile nvmutil, but pledge was
* added in the 2010s. Therefore, for extra
@@ -129,9 +112,7 @@ static int xstrxcmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t maxlen);
* on Linux / old Unix, whereas
* arc4random is used on BSD/MacOS.
*/
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
static void open_dev_urandom(void);
-#endif
static void open_gbe_file(void);
static void xopen(int *fd, const char *path, int flags, struct stat *st);
@@ -261,11 +242,9 @@ static void usage(uint8_t usage_exit);
*/
#define items(x) (sizeof((x)) / sizeof((x)[0]))
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
static const char newrandom[] = "/dev/urandom";
static const char oldrandom[] = "/dev/random"; /* fallback on OLD unix */
static const char *rname = NULL;
-#endif
/*
* GbE files can be 8KB, 16KB or 128KB,
@@ -282,9 +261,7 @@ static uint8_t pad[GBE_PART_SIZE]; /* the file that wouldn't die */
static uint16_t mac_buf[3];
static off_t gbe_file_size;
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
static int urandom_fd = -1;
-#endif
static int gbe_fd = -1;
static size_t part;
static uint8_t part_modified[2];
@@ -488,14 +465,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
#endif
#endif
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
-#if defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || \
- defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || \
- defined(__DragonFly__)
- err(ECANCELED, "Maintainer error: arc4random disabled on BSD/MacOS");
-#endif
open_dev_urandom();
-#endif
open_gbe_file();
@@ -718,7 +688,6 @@ xstrxcmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t maxlen)
return -1;
}
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
static void
open_dev_urandom(void)
{
@@ -740,7 +709,6 @@ open_dev_urandom(void)
rname = oldrandom;
xopen(&urandom_fd, rname, O_RDONLY, &st_urandom_fd);
}
-#endif
static void
open_gbe_file(void)
@@ -888,12 +856,6 @@ cmd_helper_setmac(void)
{
size_t partnum;
-#ifdef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
- printf("Randomisation method: arc4random_buf\n");
-#else
- printf("Randomisation method: %s\n", rname);
-#endif
-
printf("MAC address to be written: %s\n", mac_str);
parse_mac_string();
@@ -1022,11 +984,7 @@ rhex(void)
if (!n) {
n = sizeof(rnum);
-#ifdef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
- arc4random_buf(rnum, n);
-#else
rw_file_exact(urandom_fd, rnum, n, 0, LESEN, rname, "read");
-#endif
}
return (uint16_t)(rnum[--n] & 0xf);
@@ -1481,13 +1439,11 @@ close_files(void)
gbe_fd = -1;
}
-#ifndef NVMUTIL_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
if (urandom_fd > -1) {
if (close(urandom_fd) == -1)
err(-1, "%s: close failed", rname);
urandom_fd = -1;
}
-#endif
}
static const char *