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-rw-r--r--src/common/crypto.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/crypto.c b/src/common/crypto.c
index 9e27ad30c4..9669493a83 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto.c
@@ -2364,8 +2364,11 @@ crypto_seed_rng(void)
return -1;
}
-/** Write <b>n</b> bytes of strong random data to <b>to</b>. Return 0 on
- * success, -1 on failure, with support for mocking for unit tests.
+/** Write <b>n</b> bytes of strong random data to <b>to</b>. Supports mocking
+ * for unit tests.
+ *
+ * This function is not allowed to fail; if it would fail to generate strong
+ * entropy, it must terminate the process instead.
*/
MOCK_IMPL(void,
crypto_rand, (char *to, size_t n))
@@ -2373,8 +2376,11 @@ crypto_rand, (char *to, size_t n))
crypto_rand_unmocked(to, n);
}
-/** Write <b>n</b> bytes of strong random data to <b>to</b>. Return 0 on
- * success, -1 on failure. Most callers will want crypto_rand instead.
+/** Write <b>n</b> bytes of strong random data to <b>to</b>. Most callers
+ * will want crypto_rand instead.
+ *
+ * This function is not allowed to fail; if it would fail to generate strong
+ * entropy, it must terminate the process instead.
*/
void
crypto_rand_unmocked(char *to, size_t n)