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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000
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+.\" ========================================================================
+.\"
+.IX Title "OPENSSL_INSTRUMENT_BUS 3ssl"
+.TH OPENSSL_INSTRUMENT_BUS 3ssl 2024-01-30 3.2.1 OpenSSL
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
+.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
+.if n .ad l
+.nh
+.SH NAME
+OPENSSL_instrument_bus, OPENSSL_instrument_bus2 \- instrument references to memory bus
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
+.Vb 4
+\& #ifdef OPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ
+\& size_t OPENSSL_instrument_bus(unsigned int *vector, size_t num);
+\& size_t OPENSSL_instrument_bus2(unsigned int *vector, size_t num, size_t max);
+\& #endif
+.Ve
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+It was empirically found that timings of references to primary memory
+are subject to irregular, apparently non-deterministic variations. The
+subroutines in question instrument these references for purposes of
+gathering randomness for random number generator. In order to make it
+bus-bound a 'flush cache line' instruction is used between probes. In
+addition probes are added to \fBvector\fR elements in atomic or
+interlocked manner, which should contribute additional noise on
+multi-processor systems. This also means that \fBvector[num]\fR should be
+zeroed upon invocation (if you want to retrieve actual probe values).
+.PP
+\&\fBOPENSSL_instrument_bus()\fR performs \fBnum\fR probes and records the number of
+oscillator cycles every probe took.
+.PP
+\&\fBOPENSSL_instrument_bus2()\fR on the other hand \fBaccumulates\fR consecutive
+probes with the same value, i.e. in a way it records duration of
+periods when probe values appeared deterministic. The subroutine
+performs at most \fBmax\fR probes in attempt to fill the \fBvector[num]\fR,
+with \fBmax\fR value of 0 meaning "as many as it takes."
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
+Return value of 0 indicates that CPU is not capable of performing the
+benchmark, either because oscillator counter or 'flush cache line' is
+not available on current platform. For reference, on x86 'flush cache
+line' was introduced with the SSE2 extensions.
+.PP
+Otherwise number of recorded values is returned.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
+Copyright 2011\-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+.PP
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
+this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
+<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.