/* * Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter -- * Jitter RNG standalone code. * * Copyright Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>, 2015 - 2023 * * Design * ====== * * See https://www.chronox.de/jent.html * * License * ======= * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, and the entire permission notice in its entirety, * including the disclaimer of warranties. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT * OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR * BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE * USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH * DAMAGE. */ /* * This Jitterentropy RNG is based on the jitterentropy library * version 3.4.0 provided at https://www.chronox.de/jent.html */ #ifdef __OPTIMIZE__ #error "The CPU Jitter random number generator must not be compiled with optimizations. See documentation. Use the compiler switch -O0 for compiling jitterentropy.c." #endif typedef unsigned long long __u64; typedef long long __s64; typedef unsigned int __u32; typedef unsigned char u8; #define NULL ((void *) 0) /* The entropy pool */ struct rand_data { /* SHA3-256 is used as conditioner */ #define DATA_SIZE_BITS 256 /* all data values that are vital to maintain the security * of the RNG are marked as SENSITIVE. A user must not * access that information while the RNG executes its loops to * calculate the next random value. */ void *hash_state; /* SENSITIVE hash state entropy pool */ __u64 prev_time; /* SENSITIVE Previous time stamp */ __u64 last_delta; /* SENSITIVE stuck test */ __s64 last_delta2; /* SENSITIVE stuck test */ unsigned int flags; /* Flags used to initialize */ unsigned int osr; /* Oversample rate */ #define JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS 128 #define JENT_MEMORY_SIZE \ (CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKS * \ CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE) unsigned char *mem; /* Memory access location with size of * memblocks * memblocksize */ unsigned int memlocation; /* Pointer to byte in *mem */ unsigned int memblocks; /* Number of memory blocks in *mem */ unsigned int memblocksize; /* Size of one memory block in bytes */ unsigned int memaccessloops; /* Number of memory accesses per random * bit generation */ /* Repetition Count Test */ unsigned int rct_count; /* Number of stuck values */ /* Adaptive Proportion Test cutoff values */ unsigned int apt_cutoff; /* Intermittent health test failure */ unsigned int apt_cutoff_permanent; /* Permanent health test failure */ #define JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE 512 /* Data window size */ /* LSB of time stamp to process */ #define JENT_APT_LSB 16 #define JENT_APT_WORD_MASK (JENT_APT_LSB - 1) unsigned int apt_observations; /* Number of collected observations */ unsigned int apt_count; /* APT counter */ unsigned int apt_base; /* APT base reference */ unsigned int health_failure; /* Record health failure */ unsigned int apt_base_set:1; /* APT base reference set? */ }; /* Flags that can be used to initialize the RNG */ #define JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS (1<<2) /* Disable memory access for more * entropy, saves MEMORY_SIZE RAM for * entropy collector */ /* -- error codes for init function -- */ #define JENT_ENOTIME 1 /* Timer service not available */ #define JENT_ECOARSETIME 2 /* Timer too coarse for RNG */ #define JENT_ENOMONOTONIC 3 /* Timer is not monotonic increasing */ #define JENT_EVARVAR 5 /* Timer does not produce variations of * variations (2nd derivation of time is * zero). */ #define JENT_ESTUCK 8 /* Too many stuck results during init. */ #define JENT_EHEALTH 9 /* Health test failed during initialization */ #define JENT_ERCT 10 /* RCT failed during initialization */ #define JENT_EHASH 11 /* Hash self test failed */ #define JENT_EMEM 12 /* Can't allocate memory for initialization */ #define JENT_RCT_FAILURE 1 /* Failure in RCT health test. */ #define JENT_APT_FAILURE 2 /* Failure in APT health test. */ #define JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT 16 #define JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(x) (x << JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT) #define JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(JENT_RCT_FAILURE) #define JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(JENT_APT_FAILURE) /* * The output n bits can receive more than n bits of min entropy, of course, * but the fixed output of the conditioning function can only asymptotically * approach the output size bits of min entropy, not attain that bound. Random * maps will tend to have output collisions, which reduces the creditable * output entropy (that is what SP 800-90B Section 3.1.5.1.2 attempts to bound). * * The value "64" is justified in Appendix A.4 of the current 90C draft, * and aligns with NIST's in "epsilon" definition in this document, which is * that a string can be considered "full entropy" if you can bound the min * entropy in each bit of output to at least 1-epsilon, where epsilon is * required to be <= 2^(-32). */ #define JENT_ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR 64 #include <linux/fips.h> #include "jitterentropy.h" /*************************************************************************** * Adaptive Proportion Test * * This test complies with SP800-90B section 4.4.2. ***************************************************************************/ /* * See the SP 800-90B comment #10b for the corrected cutoff for the SP 800-90B * APT. * https://www.untruth.org/~josh/sp80090b/UL%20SP800-90B-final%20comments%20v1.9%2020191212.pdf * In the syntax of R, this is C = 2 + qbinom(1 − 2^(−30), 511, 2^(-1/osr)). * (The original formula wasn't correct because the first symbol must * necessarily have been observed, so there is no chance of observing 0 of these * symbols.) * * For the alpha < 2^-53, R cannot be used as it uses a float data type without * arbitrary precision. A SageMath script is used to calculate those cutoff * values. * * For any value above 14, this yields the maximal allowable value of 512 * (by FIPS 140-2 IG 7.19 Resolution # 16, we cannot choose a cutoff value that * renders the test unable to fail). */ static const unsigned int jent_apt_cutoff_lookup[15] = { 325, 422, 459, 477, 488, 494, 499, 502, 505, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512 }; static const unsigned int jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup[15] = { 355, 447, 479, 494, 502, 507, 510, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512 }; #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0])) static void jent_apt_init(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned int osr) { /* * Establish the apt_cutoff based on the presumed entropy rate of * 1/osr. */ if (osr >= ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_lookup)) { ec->apt_cutoff = jent_apt_cutoff_lookup[ ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_lookup) - 1]; ec->apt_cutoff_permanent = jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup[ ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup) - 1]; } else { ec->apt_cutoff = jent_apt_cutoff_lookup[osr - 1]; ec->apt_cutoff_permanent = jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup[osr - 1]; } } /* * Reset the APT counter * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector */ static void jent_apt_reset(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned int delta_masked) { /* Reset APT counter */ ec->apt_count = 0; ec->apt_base = delta_masked; ec->apt_observations = 0; } /* * Insert a new entropy event into APT * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector * @delta_masked [in] Masked time delta to process */ static void jent_apt_insert(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned int delta_masked) { /* Initialize the base reference */ if (!ec->apt_base_set) { ec->apt_base = delta_masked; ec->apt_base_set = 1; return; } if (delta_masked == ec->apt_base) { ec->apt_count++; /* Note, ec->apt_count starts with one. */ if (ec->apt_count >= ec->apt_cutoff_permanent) ec->health_failure |= JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT; else if (ec->apt_count >= ec->apt_cutoff) ec->health_failure |= JENT_APT_FAILURE; } ec->apt_observations++; if (ec->apt_observations >= JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE) jent_apt_reset(ec, delta_masked); } /*************************************************************************** * Stuck Test and its use as Repetition Count Test * * The Jitter RNG uses an enhanced version of the Repetition Count Test * (RCT) specified in SP800-90B section 4.4.1. Instead of counting identical * back-to-back values, the input to the RCT is the counting of the stuck * values during the generation of one Jitter RNG output block. * * The RCT is applied with an alpha of 2^{-30} compliant to FIPS 140-2 IG 9.8. * * During the counting operation, the Jitter RNG always calculates the RCT * cut-off value of C. If that value exceeds the allowed cut-off value, * the Jitter RNG output block will be calculated completely but discarded at * the end. The caller of the Jitter RNG is informed with an error code. ***************************************************************************/ /* * Repetition Count Test as defined in SP800-90B section 4.4.1 * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector * @stuck [in] Indicator whether the value is stuck */ static void jent_rct_insert(struct rand_data *ec, int stuck) { if (stuck) { ec->rct_count++; /* * The cutoff value is based on the following consideration: * alpha = 2^-30 or 2^-60 as recommended in SP800-90B. * In addition, we require an entropy value H of 1/osr as this * is the minimum entropy required to provide full entropy. * Note, we collect (DATA_SIZE_BITS + ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR)*osr * deltas for inserting them into the entropy pool which should * then have (close to) DATA_SIZE_BITS bits of entropy in the * conditioned output. * * Note, ec->rct_count (which equals to value B in the pseudo * code of SP800-90B section 4.4.1) starts with zero. Hence * we need to subtract one from the cutoff value as calculated * following SP800-90B. Thus C = ceil(-log_2(alpha)/H) = 30*osr * or 60*osr. */ if ((unsigned int)ec->rct_count >= (60 * ec->osr)) { ec->rct_count = -1; ec->health_failure |= JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT; } else if ((unsigned int)ec->rct_count >= (30 * ec->osr)) { ec->rct_count = -1; ec->health_failure |= JENT_RCT_FAILURE; } } else { /* Reset RCT */ ec->rct_count = 0; } } static inline __u64 jent_delta(__u64 prev, __u64 next) { #define JENT_UINT64_MAX (__u64)(~((__u64) 0)) return (prev < next) ? (next - prev) : (JENT_UINT64_MAX - prev + 1 + next); } /* * Stuck test by checking the: * 1st derivative of the jitter measurement (time delta) * 2nd derivative of the jitter measurement (delta of time deltas) * 3rd derivative of the jitter measurement (delta of delta of time deltas) * * All values must always be non-zero. * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector * @current_delta [in] Jitter time delta * * @return * 0 jitter measurement not stuck (good bit) * 1 jitter measurement stuck (reject bit) */ static int jent_stuck(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 current_delta) { __u64 delta2 = jent_delta(ec->last_delta, current_delta); __u64 delta3 = jent_delta(ec->last_delta2, delta2); ec->last_delta = current_delta; ec->last_delta2 = delta2; /* * Insert the result of the comparison of two back-to-back time * deltas. */ jent_apt_insert(ec, current_delta); if (!current_delta || !delta2 || !delta3) { /* RCT with a stuck bit */ jent_rct_insert(ec, 1); return 1; } /* RCT with a non-stuck bit */ jent_rct_insert(ec, 0); return 0; } /* * Report any health test failures * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector * * @return a bitmask indicating which tests failed * 0 No health test failure * 1 RCT failure * 2 APT failure * 1<<JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT RCT permanent failure * 2<<JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT APT permanent failure */ static unsigned int jent_health_failure(struct rand_data *ec) { /* Test is only enabled in FIPS mode */ if (!fips_enabled) return 0; return ec->health_failure; } /*************************************************************************** * Noise sources ***************************************************************************/ /* * Update of the loop count used for the next round of * an entropy collection. * * Input: * @bits is the number of low bits of the timer to consider * @min is the number of bits we shift the timer value to the right at * the end to make sure we have a guaranteed minimum value * * @return Newly calculated loop counter */ static __u64 jent_loop_shuffle(unsigned int bits, unsigned int min) { __u64 time = 0; __u64 shuffle = 0; unsigned int i = 0; unsigned int mask = (1<<bits) - 1; jent_get_nstime(&time); /* * We fold the time value as much as possible to ensure that as many * bits of the time stamp are included as possible. */ for (i = 0; ((DATA_SIZE_BITS + bits - 1) / bits) > i; i++) { shuffle ^= time & mask; time = time >> bits; } /* * We add a lower boundary value to ensure we have a minimum * RNG loop count. */ return (shuffle + (1<<min)); } /* * CPU Jitter noise source -- this is the noise source based on the CPU * execution time jitter * * This function injects the individual bits of the time value into the * entropy pool using a hash. * * ec [in] entropy collector * time [in] time stamp to be injected * stuck [in] Is the time stamp identified as stuck? * * Output: * updated hash context in the entropy collector or error code */ static int jent_condition_data(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 time, int stuck) { #define SHA3_HASH_LOOP (1<<3) struct { int rct_count; unsigned int apt_observations; unsigned int apt_count; unsigned int apt_base; } addtl = { ec->rct_count, ec->apt_observations, ec->apt_count, ec->apt_base }; return jent_hash_time(ec->hash_state, time, (u8 *)&addtl, sizeof(addtl), SHA3_HASH_LOOP, stuck); } /* * Memory Access noise source -- this is a noise source based on variations in * memory access times * * This function performs memory accesses which will add to the timing * variations due to an unknown amount of CPU wait states that need to be * added when accessing memory. The memory size should be larger than the L1 * caches as outlined in the documentation and the associated testing. * * The L1 cache has a very high bandwidth, albeit its access rate is usually * slower than accessing CPU registers. Therefore, L1 accesses only add minimal * variations as the CPU has hardly to wait. Starting with L2, significant * variations are added because L2 typically does not belong to the CPU any more * and therefore a wider range of CPU wait states is necessary for accesses. * L3 and real memory accesses have even a wider range of wait states. However, * to reliably access either L3 or memory, the ec->mem memory must be quite * large which is usually not desirable. * * @ec [in] Reference to the entropy collector with the memory access data -- if * the reference to the memory block to be accessed is NULL, this noise * source is disabled * @loop_cnt [in] if a value not equal to 0 is set, use the given value * number of loops to perform the LFSR */ static void jent_memaccess(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 loop_cnt) { unsigned int wrap = 0; __u64 i = 0; #define MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT 7 #define MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT 0 __u64 acc_loop_cnt = jent_loop_shuffle(MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT, MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT); if (NULL == ec || NULL == ec->mem) return; wrap = ec->memblocksize * ec->memblocks; /* * testing purposes -- allow test app to set the counter, not * needed during runtime */ if (loop_cnt) acc_loop_cnt = loop_cnt; for (i = 0; i < (ec->memaccessloops + acc_loop_cnt); i++) { unsigned char *tmpval = ec->mem + ec->memlocation; /* * memory access: just add 1 to one byte, * wrap at 255 -- memory access implies read * from and write to memory location */ *tmpval = (*tmpval + 1) & 0xff; /* * Addition of memblocksize - 1 to pointer * with wrap around logic to ensure that every * memory location is hit evenly */ ec->memlocation = ec->memlocation + ec->memblocksize - 1; ec->memlocation = ec->memlocation % wrap; } } /*************************************************************************** * Start of entropy processing logic ***************************************************************************/ /* * This is the heart of the entropy generation: calculate time deltas and * use the CPU jitter in the time deltas. The jitter is injected into the * entropy pool. * * WARNING: ensure that ->prev_time is primed before using the output * of this function! This can be done by calling this function * and not using its result. * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector * * @return result of stuck test */ static int jent_measure_jitter(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 *ret_current_delta) { __u64 time = 0; __u64 current_delta = 0; int stuck; /* Invoke one noise source before time measurement to add variations */ jent_memaccess(ec, 0); /* * Get time stamp and calculate time delta to previous * invocation to measure the timing variations */ jent_get_nstime(&time); current_delta = jent_delta(ec->prev_time, time); ec->prev_time = time; /* Check whether we have a stuck measurement. */ stuck = jent_stuck(ec, current_delta); /* Now call the next noise sources which also injects the data */ if (jent_condition_data(ec, current_delta, stuck)) stuck = 1; /* return the raw entropy value */ if (ret_current_delta) *ret_current_delta = current_delta; return stuck; } /* * Generator of one 64 bit random number * Function fills rand_data->hash_state * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector */ static void jent_gen_entropy(struct rand_data *ec) { unsigned int k = 0, safety_factor = 0; if (fips_enabled) safety_factor = JENT_ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR; /* priming of the ->prev_time value */ jent_measure_jitter(ec, NULL); while (!jent_health_failure(ec)) { /* If a stuck measurement is received, repeat measurement */ if (jent_measure_jitter(ec, NULL)) continue; /* * We multiply the loop value with ->osr to obtain the * oversampling rate requested by the caller */ if (++k >= ((DATA_SIZE_BITS + safety_factor) * ec->osr)) break; } } /* * Entry function: Obtain entropy for the caller. * * This function invokes the entropy gathering logic as often to generate * as many bytes as requested by the caller. The entropy gathering logic * creates 64 bit per invocation. * * This function truncates the last 64 bit entropy value output to the exact * size specified by the caller. * * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector * @data [in] pointer to buffer for storing random data -- buffer must already * exist * @len [in] size of the buffer, specifying also the requested number of random * in bytes * * @return 0 when request is fulfilled or an error * * The following error codes can occur: * -1 entropy_collector is NULL or the generation failed * -2 Intermittent health failure * -3 Permanent health failure */ int jent_read_entropy(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned char *data, unsigned int len) { unsigned char *p = data; if (!ec) return -1; while (len > 0) { unsigned int tocopy, health_test_result; jent_gen_entropy(ec); health_test_result = jent_health_failure(ec); if (health_test_result > JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT) { /* * At this point, the Jitter RNG instance is considered * as a failed instance. There is no rerun of the * startup test any more, because the caller * is assumed to not further use this instance. */ return -3; } else if (health_test_result) { /* * Perform startup health tests and return permanent * error if it fails. */ if (jent_entropy_init(0, 0, NULL, ec)) { /* Mark the permanent error */ ec->health_failure &= JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT | JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT; return -3; } return -2; } if ((DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8) < len) tocopy = (DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8); else tocopy = len; if (jent_read_random_block(ec->hash_state, p, tocopy)) return -1; len -= tocopy; p += tocopy; } return 0; } /*************************************************************************** * Initialization logic ***************************************************************************/ struct rand_data *jent_entropy_collector_alloc(unsigned int osr, unsigned int flags, void *hash_state) { struct rand_data *entropy_collector; entropy_collector = jent_zalloc(sizeof(struct rand_data)); if (!entropy_collector) return NULL; if (!(flags & JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS)) { /* Allocate memory for adding variations based on memory * access */ entropy_collector->mem = jent_kvzalloc(JENT_MEMORY_SIZE); if (!entropy_collector->mem) { jent_zfree(entropy_collector); return NULL; } entropy_collector->memblocksize = CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE; entropy_collector->memblocks = CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKS; entropy_collector->memaccessloops = JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS; } /* verify and set the oversampling rate */ if (osr == 0) osr = 1; /* H_submitter = 1 / osr */ entropy_collector->osr = osr; entropy_collector->flags = flags; entropy_collector->hash_state = hash_state; /* Initialize the APT */ jent_apt_init(entropy_collector, osr); /* fill the data pad with non-zero values */ jent_gen_entropy(entropy_collector); return entropy_collector; } void jent_entropy_collector_free(struct rand_data *entropy_collector) { jent_kvzfree(entropy_collector->mem, JENT_MEMORY_SIZE); entropy_collector->mem = NULL; jent_zfree(entropy_collector); } int jent_entropy_init(unsigned int osr, unsigned int flags, void *hash_state, struct rand_data *p_ec) { /* * If caller provides an allocated ec, reuse it which implies that the * health test entropy data is used to further still the available * entropy pool. */ struct rand_data *ec = p_ec; int i, time_backwards = 0, ret = 0, ec_free = 0; unsigned int health_test_result; if (!ec) { ec = jent_entropy_collector_alloc(osr, flags, hash_state); if (!ec) return JENT_EMEM; ec_free = 1; } else { /* Reset the APT */ jent_apt_reset(ec, 0); /* Ensure that a new APT base is obtained */ ec->apt_base_set = 0; /* Reset the RCT */ ec->rct_count = 0; /* Reset intermittent, leave permanent health test result */ ec->health_failure &= (~JENT_RCT_FAILURE); ec->health_failure &= (~JENT_APT_FAILURE); } /* We could perform statistical tests here, but the problem is * that we only have a few loop counts to do testing. These * loop counts may show some slight skew and we produce * false positives. * * Moreover, only old systems show potentially problematic * jitter entropy that could potentially be caught here. But * the RNG is intended for hardware that is available or widely * used, but not old systems that are long out of favor. Thus, * no statistical tests. */ /* * We could add a check for system capabilities such as clock_getres or * check for CONFIG_X86_TSC, but it does not make much sense as the * following sanity checks verify that we have a high-resolution * timer. */ /* * TESTLOOPCOUNT needs some loops to identify edge systems. 100 is * definitely too little. * * SP800-90B requires at least 1024 initial test cycles. */ #define TESTLOOPCOUNT 1024 #define CLEARCACHE 100 for (i = 0; (TESTLOOPCOUNT + CLEARCACHE) > i; i++) { __u64 start_time = 0, end_time = 0, delta = 0; /* Invoke core entropy collection logic */ jent_measure_jitter(ec, &delta); end_time = ec->prev_time; start_time = ec->prev_time - delta; /* test whether timer works */ if (!start_time || !end_time) { ret = JENT_ENOTIME; goto out; } /* * test whether timer is fine grained enough to provide * delta even when called shortly after each other -- this * implies that we also have a high resolution timer */ if (!delta || (end_time == start_time)) { ret = JENT_ECOARSETIME; goto out; } /* * up to here we did not modify any variable that will be * evaluated later, but we already performed some work. Thus we * already have had an impact on the caches, branch prediction, * etc. with the goal to clear it to get the worst case * measurements. */ if (i < CLEARCACHE) continue; /* test whether we have an increasing timer */ if (!(end_time > start_time)) time_backwards++; } /* * we allow up to three times the time running backwards. * CLOCK_REALTIME is affected by adjtime and NTP operations. Thus, * if such an operation just happens to interfere with our test, it * should not fail. The value of 3 should cover the NTP case being * performed during our test run. */ if (time_backwards > 3) { ret = JENT_ENOMONOTONIC; goto out; } /* Did we encounter a health test failure? */ health_test_result = jent_health_failure(ec); if (health_test_result) { ret = (health_test_result & JENT_RCT_FAILURE) ? JENT_ERCT : JENT_EHEALTH; goto out; } out: if (ec_free) jent_entropy_collector_free(ec); return ret; }