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/*
 * Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter --
 * Jitter RNG standalone code.
 *
 * Copyright Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>, 2015 - 2020
 *
 * Design
 * ======
 *
 * See https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
 *
 * License
 * =======
 *
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 */

/*
 * This Jitterentropy RNG is based on the jitterentropy library
 * version 2.2.0 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;
#define NULL    ((void *) 0)

/* The entropy pool */
struct rand_data {
        /* 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. */
        __u64 data;             /* SENSITIVE Actual random number */
        __u64 old_data;         /* SENSITIVE Previous random number */
        __u64 prev_time;        /* SENSITIVE Previous time stamp */
#define DATA_SIZE_BITS ((sizeof(__u64)) * 8)
        __u64 last_delta;       /* SENSITIVE stuck test */
        __s64 last_delta2;      /* SENSITIVE stuck test */
        unsigned int osr;       /* Oversample rate */
#define JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKS 64
#define JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE 32
#define JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS 128
#define JENT_MEMORY_SIZE (JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKS*JENT_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 */
        int rct_count;                  /* Number of stuck values */

        /* Adaptive Proportion Test for a significance level of 2^-30 */
#define JENT_APT_CUTOFF         325     /* Taken from SP800-90B sec 4.4.2 */
#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 apt_base_set:1;    /* APT base reference set? */

        unsigned int health_failure:1;  /* Permanent health failure */
};

/* 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 */

/*
 * 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.
 ***************************************************************************/

/*
 * 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++;

                if (ec->apt_count >= JENT_APT_CUTOFF)
                        ec->health_failure = 1;
        }

        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 we have a count less than zero, a previous RCT round identified
         * a failure. We will not overwrite it.
         */
        if (ec->rct_count < 0)
                return;

        if (stuck) {
                ec->rct_count++;

                /*
                 * The cutoff value is based on the following consideration:
                 * alpha = 2^-30 as recommended in FIPS 140-2 IG 9.8.
                 * 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 64 * OSR deltas for inserting them into
                 * the entropy pool which should then have (close to) 64 bits
                 * of entropy.
                 *
                 * 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.
                 */
                if ((unsigned int)ec->rct_count >= (31 * ec->osr)) {
                        ec->rct_count = -1;
                        ec->health_failure = 1;
                }
        } else {
                ec->rct_count = 0;
        }
}

/*
 * Is there an RCT health test failure?
 *
 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
 *
 * @return
 *      0 No health test failure
 *      1 Permanent health test failure
 */
static int jent_rct_failure(struct rand_data *ec)
{
        if (ec->rct_count < 0)
                return 1;
        return 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
 *      0 No health test failure
 *      1 Permanent health test failure
 */
static int jent_health_failure(struct rand_data *ec)
{
        return ec->health_failure;
}

/***************************************************************************
 * Noise sources
 ***************************************************************************/

/*
 * Update of the loop count used for the next round of
 * an entropy collection.
 *
 * Input:
 * @ec entropy collector struct -- may be NULL
 * @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(struct rand_data *ec,
                               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);
        /*
         * Mix the current state of the random number into the shuffle
         * calculation to balance that shuffle a bit more.
         */
        if (ec)
                time ^= ec->data;
        /*
         * 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 an LFSR.
 *
 * The code is deliberately inefficient with respect to the bit shifting
 * and shall stay that way. This function is the root cause why the code
 * shall be compiled without optimization. This function not only acts as
 * folding operation, but this function's execution is used to measure
 * the CPU execution time jitter. Any change to the loop in this function
 * implies that careful retesting must be done.
 *
 * @ec [in] entropy collector struct
 * @time [in] time stamp to be injected
 * @loop_cnt [in] if a value not equal to 0 is set, use the given value as
 *                number of loops to perform the folding
 * @stuck [in] Is the time stamp identified as stuck?
 *
 * Output:
 * updated ec->data
 *
 * @return Number of loops the folding operation is performed
 */
static void jent_lfsr_time(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 time, __u64 loop_cnt,
                           int stuck)
{
        unsigned int i;
        __u64 j = 0;
        __u64 new = 0;
#define MAX_FOLD_LOOP_BIT 4
#define MIN_FOLD_LOOP_BIT 0
        __u64 fold_loop_cnt =
                jent_loop_shuffle(ec, MAX_FOLD_LOOP_BIT, MIN_FOLD_LOOP_BIT);

        /*
         * testing purposes -- allow test app to set the counter, not
         * needed during runtime
         */
        if (loop_cnt)
                fold_loop_cnt = loop_cnt;
        for (j = 0; j < fold_loop_cnt; j++) {
                new = ec->data;
                for (i = 1; (DATA_SIZE_BITS) >= i; i++) {
                        __u64 tmp = time << (DATA_SIZE_BITS - i);

                        tmp = tmp >> (DATA_SIZE_BITS - 1);

                        /*
                        * Fibonacci LSFR with polynomial of
                        *  x^64 + x^61 + x^56 + x^31 + x^28 + x^23 + 1 which is
                        *  primitive according to
                        *   http://poincare.matf.bg.ac.rs/~ezivkovm/publications/primpol1.pdf
                        * (the shift values are the polynomial values minus one
                        * due to counting bits from 0 to 63). As the current
                        * position is always the LSB, the polynomial only needs
                        * to shift data in from the left without wrap.
                        */
                        tmp ^= ((new >> 63) & 1);
                        tmp ^= ((new >> 60) & 1);
                        tmp ^= ((new >> 55) & 1);
                        tmp ^= ((new >> 30) & 1);
                        tmp ^= ((new >> 27) & 1);
                        tmp ^= ((new >> 22) & 1);
                        new <<= 1;
                        new ^= tmp;
                }
        }

        /*
         * If the time stamp is stuck, do not finally insert the value into
         * the entropy pool. Although this operation should not do any harm
         * even when the time stamp has no entropy, SP800-90B requires that
         * any conditioning operation (SP800-90B considers the LFSR to be a
         * conditioning operation) to have an identical amount of input
         * data according to section 3.1.5.
         */
        if (!stuck)
                ec->data = new;
}

/*
 * 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(ec, 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 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 */
        jent_lfsr_time(ec, current_delta, 0, stuck);

        return stuck;
}

/*
 * Generator of one 64 bit random number
 * Function fills rand_data->data
 *
 * @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);

        while (!jent_health_failure(ec)) {
                /* If a stuck measurement is received, repeat measurement */
                if (jent_measure_jitter(ec))
                        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
 *      -2      RCT failed
 *      -3      APT test failed
 */
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;

                jent_gen_entropy(ec);

                if (jent_health_failure(ec)) {
                        int ret;

                        if (jent_rct_failure(ec))
                                ret = -2;
                        else
                                ret = -3;

                        /*
                         * Re-initialize the noise source
                         *
                         * If the health test fails, the Jitter RNG remains
                         * in failure state and will return a health failure
                         * during next invocation.
                         */
                        if (jent_entropy_init())
                                return ret;

                        /* Set APT to initial state */
                        jent_apt_reset(ec, 0);
                        ec->apt_base_set = 0;

                        /* Set RCT to initial state */
                        ec->rct_count = 0;

                        /* Re-enable Jitter RNG */
                        ec->health_failure = 0;

                        /*
                         * Return the health test failure status to the
                         * caller as the generated value is not appropriate.
                         */
                        return ret;
                }

                if ((DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8) < len)
                        tocopy = (DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8);
                else
                        tocopy = len;
                jent_memcpy(p, &ec->data, tocopy);

                len -= tocopy;
                p += tocopy;
        }

        return 0;
}

/***************************************************************************
 * Initialization logic
 ***************************************************************************/

struct rand_data *jent_entropy_collector_alloc(unsigned int osr,
                                               unsigned int flags)
{
        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_zalloc(JENT_MEMORY_SIZE);
                if (!entropy_collector->mem) {
                        jent_zfree(entropy_collector);
                        return NULL;
                }
                entropy_collector->memblocksize = JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE;
                entropy_collector->memblocks = JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKS;
                entropy_collector->memaccessloops = JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS;
        }

        /* verify and set the oversampling rate */
        if (osr == 0)
                osr = 1; /* minimum sampling rate is 1 */
        entropy_collector->osr = 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_zfree(entropy_collector->mem);
        entropy_collector->mem = NULL;
        jent_zfree(entropy_collector);
}

int jent_entropy_init(void)
{
        int i;
        __u64 delta_sum = 0;
        __u64 old_delta = 0;
        unsigned int nonstuck = 0;
        int time_backwards = 0;
        int count_mod = 0;
        int count_stuck = 0;
        struct rand_data ec = { 0 };

        /* Required for RCT */
        ec.osr = 1;

        /* 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 time = 0;
                __u64 time2 = 0;
                __u64 delta = 0;
                unsigned int lowdelta = 0;
                int stuck;

                /* Invoke core entropy collection logic */
                jent_get_nstime(&time);
                ec.prev_time = time;
                jent_lfsr_time(&ec, time, 0, 0);
                jent_get_nstime(&time2);

                /* test whether timer works */
                if (!time || !time2)
                        return JENT_ENOTIME;
                delta = jent_delta(time, time2);
                /*
                 * 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)
                        return JENT_ECOARSETIME;

                stuck = jent_stuck(&ec, delta);

                /*
                 * 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;

                if (stuck)
                        count_stuck++;
                else {
                        nonstuck++;

                        /*
                         * Ensure that the APT succeeded.
                         *
                         * With the check below that count_stuck must be less
                         * than 10% of the overall generated raw entropy values
                         * it is guaranteed that the APT is invoked at
                         * floor((TESTLOOPCOUNT * 0.9) / 64) == 14 times.
                         */
                        if ((nonstuck % JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE) == 0) {
                                jent_apt_reset(&ec,
                                               delta & JENT_APT_WORD_MASK);
                                if (jent_health_failure(&ec))
                                        return JENT_EHEALTH;
                        }
                }

                /* Validate RCT */
                if (jent_rct_failure(&ec))
                        return JENT_ERCT;

                /* test whether we have an increasing timer */
                if (!(time2 > time))
                        time_backwards++;

                /* use 32 bit value to ensure compilation on 32 bit arches */
                lowdelta = time2 - time;
                if (!(lowdelta % 100))
                        count_mod++;

                /*
                 * ensure that we have a varying delta timer which is necessary
                 * for the calculation of entropy -- perform this check
                 * only after the first loop is executed as we need to prime
                 * the old_data value
                 */
                if (delta > old_delta)
                        delta_sum += (delta - old_delta);
                else
                        delta_sum += (old_delta - delta);
                old_delta = delta;
        }

        /*
         * 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)
                return JENT_ENOMONOTONIC;

        /*
         * Variations of deltas of time must on average be larger
         * than 1 to ensure the entropy estimation
         * implied with 1 is preserved
         */
        if ((delta_sum) <= 1)
                return JENT_EVARVAR;

        /*
         * Ensure that we have variations in the time stamp below 10 for at
         * least 10% of all checks -- on some platforms, the counter increments
         * in multiples of 100, but not always
         */
        if ((TESTLOOPCOUNT/10 * 9) < count_mod)
                return JENT_ECOARSETIME;

        /*
         * If we have more than 90% stuck results, then this Jitter RNG is
         * likely to not work well.
         */
        if ((TESTLOOPCOUNT/10 * 9) < count_stuck)
                return JENT_ESTUCK;

        return 0;
}