Function

FwupdPlugincommon_get_random

since: 2.1.5

Declaration [src]

GByteArray*
fu_common_get_random (
  guint bufsz,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Gets random bytes using a cryptographically secure RNG.

Available since: 2.1.5

Parameters

bufsz

Type: guint

The number of bytes to return.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the function if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: An array of guint8

A blob of random data, or NULL for error.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.