From 8da4b8c48e7b43cb16d05e1dbb34ad9f73ab7efd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Shevchenko Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 17:01:00 -0700 Subject: lib/uuid.c: move generate_random_uuid() to uuid.c Let's gather the UUID related functions under one hood. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin Cc: Mimi Zohar Cc: Rasmus Villemoes Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: Al Viro Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- lib/uuid.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/uuid.c') diff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c index 398821e4dce1..6c81c0b0467e 100644 --- a/lib/uuid.c +++ b/lib/uuid.c @@ -23,6 +23,26 @@ #include #include +/*************************************************************** + * Random UUID interface + * + * Used here for a Boot ID, but can be useful for other kernel + * drivers. + ***************************************************************/ + +/* + * Generate random UUID + */ +void generate_random_uuid(unsigned char uuid[16]) +{ + get_random_bytes(uuid, 16); + /* Set UUID version to 4 --- truly random generation */ + uuid[6] = (uuid[6] & 0x0F) | 0x40; + /* Set the UUID variant to DCE */ + uuid[8] = (uuid[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(generate_random_uuid); + static void __uuid_gen_common(__u8 b[16]) { prandom_bytes(b, 16); -- cgit