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1 // rdrand.h - written and placed in public domain by Jeffrey Walton and Uri Blumenthal.
2
3 /// \file rdrand.h
4 /// \brief Classes for RDRAND and RDSEED
5 /// \since Crypto++ 5.6.3
6
7 #ifndef CRYPTOPP_RDRAND_H
8 #define CRYPTOPP_RDRAND_H
9
10 #include "cryptlib.h"
11
12 // This class file provides both RDRAND and RDSEED. They were added at
13 // Crypto++ 5.6.3. At compile time, it uses CRYPTOPP_BOOL_{X86|X32|X64}
14 // to select an implementation or "throw NotImplemented". At runtime the
15 // constructor will throw RDRAND_Err or RDSEED_Err if a generator is
16 // is not available.
17 // The original classes accepted a retry count. Retries were superflous for
18 // RDRAND, and RDSEED encountered a failure about 1 in 256 bytes depending
19 // on the processor. Retries were removed at Crypto++ 6.0 because
20 // GenerateBlock unconditionally retries and always fulfills the request.
21
22 // Throughput varies wildly depending on processor and manufacturer. A Core i5 or
23 // Core i7 RDRAND can generate at over 200 MiB/s. It is below the theroetical
24 // maximum, but it takes about 5 instructions to generate, retry and store a
25 // result. A low-end Celeron may perform RDRAND at about 7 MiB/s. RDSEED
26 // performs at about 1/4 to 1/2 the rate of RDRAND. AMD RDRAND performed poorly
27 // during testing with Athlon X4 845. The Bulldozer v4 only performed at 1 MiB/s.
28
29 // Microsoft added RDRAND in August 2012, VS2012; RDSEED in October 2013, VS2013.
30 // GCC added RDRAND in December 2010, GCC 4.6. LLVM added RDRAND in July 2012,
31 // Clang 3.2. Intel added RDRAND in September 2011, ICC 12.1.
32
33 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(CryptoPP)
34
35 /// \brief Exception thrown when a RDRAND generator encounters
36 /// a generator related error.
37 /// \since Crypto++ 5.6.3
38 class RDRAND_Err : public Exception
39 {
40 public:
41 RDRAND_Err(const std::string &operation)
42 : Exception(OTHER_ERROR, "RDRAND: " + operation + " operation failed") {}
43 };
44
45 /// \brief Hardware generated random numbers using RDRAND instruction
46 /// \sa MaurerRandomnessTest() for random bit generators
47 /// \since Crypto++ 5.6.3
48 class RDRAND : public RandomNumberGenerator
49 {
50 public:
51 CRYPTOPP_STATIC_CONSTEXPR const char* StaticAlgorithmName() { return "RDRAND"; }
52
53 virtual ~RDRAND() {}
54
55 /// \brief Construct a RDRAND generator
56 /// \details According to DJ of Intel, the Intel RDRAND circuit does not underflow.
57 /// If it did hypothetically underflow, then it would return 0 for the random value.
58 /// AMD's RDRAND implementation appears to provide the same behavior.
59 /// \throws RDRAND_Err if the random number generator is not available
60 RDRAND();
61
62 /// \brief Generate random array of bytes
63 /// \param output the byte buffer
64 /// \param size the length of the buffer, in bytes
65 virtual void GenerateBlock(byte *output, size_t size);
66
67 /// \brief Generate and discard n bytes
68 /// \param n the number of bytes to generate and discard
69 /// \details the RDSEED generator discards words, not bytes. If n is
70 /// not a multiple of a machine word, then it is rounded up to
71 /// that size.
72 virtual void DiscardBytes(size_t n);
73
74 /// \brief Update RNG state with additional unpredictable values
75 /// \param input unused
76 /// \param length unused
77 /// \details The operation is a nop for this generator.
78 virtual void IncorporateEntropy(const byte *input, size_t length)
79 {
80 // Override to avoid the base class' throw.
81 CRYPTOPP_UNUSED(input); CRYPTOPP_UNUSED(length);
82 }
83
84 std::string AlgorithmProvider() const {
85 return "RDRAND";
86 }
87 };
88
89 /// \brief Exception thrown when a RDSEED generator encounters
90 /// a generator related error.
91 /// \since Crypto++ 5.6.3
92 class RDSEED_Err : public Exception
93 {
94 public:
95 RDSEED_Err(const std::string &operation)
96 : Exception(OTHER_ERROR, "RDSEED: " + operation + " operation failed") {}
97 };
98
99 /// \brief Hardware generated random numbers using RDSEED instruction
100 /// \sa MaurerRandomnessTest() for random bit generators
101 /// \since Crypto++ 5.6.3
102 class RDSEED : public RandomNumberGenerator
103 {
104 public:
105 CRYPTOPP_STATIC_CONSTEXPR const char* StaticAlgorithmName() { return "RDSEED"; }
106
107 virtual ~RDSEED() {}
108
109 /// \brief Construct a RDSEED generator
110 /// \details Empirical testing under a 6th generaton i7 (6200U) shows RDSEED fails
111 /// to fulfill requests at about once every for every 256 bytes requested.
112 /// The generator runs about 4 times slower than RDRAND.
113 /// \throws RDSEED_Err if the random number generator is not available
114 RDSEED();
115
116 /// \brief Generate random array of bytes
117 /// \param output the byte buffer
118 /// \param size the length of the buffer, in bytes
119 virtual void GenerateBlock(byte *output, size_t size);
120
121 /// \brief Generate and discard n bytes
122 /// \param n the number of bytes to generate and discard
123 /// \details the RDSEED generator discards words, not bytes. If n is
124 /// not a multiple of a machine word, then it is rounded up to
125 /// that size.
126 virtual void DiscardBytes(size_t n);
127
128 /// \brief Update RNG state with additional unpredictable values
129 /// \param input unused
130 /// \param length unused
131 /// \details The operation is a nop for this generator.
132 virtual void IncorporateEntropy(const byte *input, size_t length)
133 {
134 // Override to avoid the base class' throw.
135 CRYPTOPP_UNUSED(input); CRYPTOPP_UNUSED(length);
136 }
137
138 std::string AlgorithmProvider() const {
139 return "RDSEED";
140 }
141 };
142
143 NAMESPACE_END
144
145 #endif // CRYPTOPP_RDRAND_H
Exception
Base class for all exceptions thrown by the library.
Definition: cryptlib.h:158
RDSEED::DiscardBytes
virtual void DiscardBytes(size_t n)
Generate and discard n bytes.
Definition: rdrand.cpp:251
Exception::Exception
Exception(ErrorType errorType, const std::string &s)
Construct a new Exception.
Definition: cryptlib.h:183
RDRAND
Hardware generated random numbers using RDRAND instruction.
Definition: rdrand.h:48
RDSEED::IncorporateEntropy
virtual void IncorporateEntropy(const byte *input, size_t length)
Update RNG state with additional unpredictable values.
Definition: rdrand.h:132
cryptlib.h
Abstract base classes that provide a uniform interface to this library.
Exception::OTHER_ERROR
Some other error occurred not belonging to other categories.
Definition: cryptlib.h:177
RDRAND::AlgorithmProvider
std::string AlgorithmProvider() const
Retrieve the provider of this algorithm.
Definition: rdrand.h:84
RandomNumberGenerator
Interface for random number generators.
Definition: cryptlib.h:1383
RDRAND::IncorporateEntropy
virtual void IncorporateEntropy(const byte *input, size_t length)
Update RNG state with additional unpredictable values.
Definition: rdrand.h:78
RDSEED::RDSEED
RDSEED()
Construct a RDSEED generator.
Definition: rdrand.cpp:199
RDSEED::AlgorithmProvider
std::string AlgorithmProvider() const
Retrieve the provider of this algorithm.
Definition: rdrand.h:138
RDRAND_Err
Exception thrown when a RDRAND generator encounters a generator related error.
Definition: rdrand.h:38
RDRAND::DiscardBytes
virtual void DiscardBytes(size_t n)
Generate and discard n bytes.
Definition: rdrand.cpp:146
RDSEED::GenerateBlock
virtual void GenerateBlock(byte *output, size_t size)
Generate random array of bytes.
Definition: rdrand.cpp:205
RDSEED
Hardware generated random numbers using RDSEED instruction.
Definition: rdrand.h:102
RDRAND::GenerateBlock
virtual void GenerateBlock(byte *output, size_t size)
Generate random array of bytes.
Definition: rdrand.cpp:99
CryptoPP
Crypto++ library namespace.
RDSEED_Err
Exception thrown when a RDSEED generator encounters a generator related error.
Definition: rdrand.h:92
RDRAND::RDRAND
RDRAND()
Construct a RDRAND generator.
Definition: rdrand.cpp:93