/* * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.android.server; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import android.os.Binder; import android.os.Environment; import android.os.Handler; import android.os.Message; import android.util.Log; /** * A service designed to load and periodically save "randomness" * for the Linux kernel. * *

When a Linux system starts up, the entropy pool associated with * {@code /dev/random} may be in a fairly predictable state. Applications which * depend strongly on randomness may find {@code /dev/random} or * {@code /dev/urandom} returning predictable data. In order to counteract * this effect, it's helpful to carry the entropy pool information across * shutdowns and startups. * *

This class was modeled after the script in * man * 4 random. * *

TODO: Investigate attempting to write entropy data at shutdown time * instead of periodically. */ public class EntropyService extends Binder { private static final String ENTROPY_FILENAME = getSystemDir() + "/entropy.dat"; private static final String TAG = "EntropyService"; private static final int ENTROPY_WHAT = 1; private static final int ENTROPY_WRITE_PERIOD = 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 3 hrs private static final String RANDOM_DEV = "/dev/urandom"; /** * Handler that periodically updates the entropy on disk. */ private final Handler mHandler = new Handler() { @Override public void handleMessage(Message msg) { if (msg.what != ENTROPY_WHAT) { Log.e(TAG, "Will not process invalid message"); return; } writeEntropy(); scheduleEntropyWriter(); } }; public EntropyService() { loadInitialEntropy(); writeEntropy(); scheduleEntropyWriter(); } private void scheduleEntropyWriter() { mHandler.removeMessages(ENTROPY_WHAT); mHandler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(ENTROPY_WHAT, ENTROPY_WRITE_PERIOD); } private void loadInitialEntropy() { try { RandomBlock.fromFile(ENTROPY_FILENAME).toFile(RANDOM_DEV); } catch (IOException e) { Log.w(TAG, "unable to load initial entropy (first boot?)", e); } } private void writeEntropy() { try { RandomBlock.fromFile(RANDOM_DEV).toFile(ENTROPY_FILENAME); } catch (IOException e) { Log.e(TAG, "unable to write entropy", e); } } private static String getSystemDir() { File dataDir = Environment.getDataDirectory(); File systemDir = new File(dataDir, "system"); systemDir.mkdirs(); return systemDir.toString(); } }