mirror of
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
synced 2025-02-22 06:52:36 +01:00
doc: correct random.h docs after #17270
This commit is contained in:
parent
6fde676f64
commit
461e547877
2 changed files with 8 additions and 8 deletions
|
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static uint64_t GetRdSeed() noexcept
|
|||
/* Access to other hardware random number generators could be added here later,
|
||||
* assuming it is sufficiently fast (in the order of a few hundred CPU cycles).
|
||||
* Slower sources should probably be invoked separately, and/or only from
|
||||
* RandAddSeedSleep (which is called during idle background operation).
|
||||
* RandAddPeriodic (which is called once a minute).
|
||||
*/
|
||||
static void InitHardwareRand() {}
|
||||
static void ReportHardwareRand() {}
|
||||
|
|
14
src/random.h
14
src/random.h
|
@ -41,17 +41,17 @@
|
|||
* These entropy sources are slower, but designed to make sure the RNG state contains
|
||||
* fresh data that is unpredictable to attackers.
|
||||
*
|
||||
* - RandAddSeedSleep() seeds everything that fast seeding includes, but additionally:
|
||||
* - A high-precision timestamp before and after sleeping 1ms.
|
||||
* - (On Windows) Once every 10 minutes, performance monitoring data from the OS.
|
||||
- - Once every minute, strengthen the entropy for 10 ms using repeated SHA512.
|
||||
* These just exploit the fact the system is idle to improve the quality of the RNG
|
||||
* slightly.
|
||||
* - RandAddPeriodic() seeds everything that fast seeding includes, but additionally:
|
||||
* - A high-precision timestamp
|
||||
* - Dynamic environment data (performance monitoring, ...)
|
||||
* - Strengthen the entropy for 10 ms using repeated SHA512.
|
||||
* This is run once every minute.
|
||||
*
|
||||
* On first use of the RNG (regardless of what function is called first), all entropy
|
||||
* sources used in the 'slow' seeder are included, but also:
|
||||
* - 256 bits from the hardware RNG (rdseed or rdrand) when available.
|
||||
* - (On Windows) Performance monitoring data from the OS.
|
||||
* - Dynamic environment data (performance monitoring, ...)
|
||||
* - Static environment data
|
||||
* - Strengthen the entropy for 100 ms using repeated SHA512.
|
||||
*
|
||||
* When mixing in new entropy, H = SHA512(entropy || old_rng_state) is computed, and
|
||||
|
|
Loading…
Add table
Reference in a new issue