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+/*
+ __ __ _
+ ___\ \/ /_ __ __ _| |_
+ / _ \\ /| '_ \ / _` | __|
+ | __// \| |_) | (_| | |_
+ \___/_/\_\ .__/ \__,_|\__|
+ |_| XML parser
+
+ Copyright (c) 2017-2026 Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
+ Copyright (c) 2026 Matthew Fernandez <matthew.fernandez@gmail.com>
+ Licensed under the MIT license:
+
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+ persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+ following conditions:
+
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+ in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+ NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+ DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+ OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+ USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include "random_dev_urandom.h"
+
+#if ! defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) \
+ || (defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && (_POSIX_C_SOURCE < 200809L))
+# define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L // for O_CLOEXEC
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h> // open
+#include <unistd.h> // close
+
+/* Extract entropy from /dev/urandom */
+bool
+writeRandomBytes_dev_urandom(void *target, size_t count) {
+ int success = false; /* full count bytes written? */
+ size_t bytesWrittenTotal = 0;
+
+ const int fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ do {
+ void *const currentTarget = (void *)((char *)target + bytesWrittenTotal);
+ const size_t bytesToWrite = count - bytesWrittenTotal;
+
+ errno = 0;
+
+ const ssize_t bytesWrittenMore = read(fd, currentTarget, bytesToWrite);
+
+ if (bytesWrittenMore > 0) {
+ bytesWrittenTotal += bytesWrittenMore;
+ if (bytesWrittenTotal >= count)
+ success = true;
+ }
+ } while (! success && (errno == EINTR));
+
+ close(fd);
+ return success;
+}