vicious/entropy.lua

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-- Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
-- * Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian C. <anrxc_sysphere_org>
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-- {{{ Grab environment
local io = { open = io.open }
local setmetatable = setmetatable
local math = { ceil = math.ceil }
-- }}}
-- Entropy: provides available system entropy
module("vicious.entropy")
-- {{{ Entropy widget type
local function worker(format, poolsize)
-- Linux 2.6 has a default entropy pool of 4096-bits
if poolsize == nil then poolsize = 4096 end
-- Get available entropy
local f = io.open("/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail")
local ent_avail = f:read("*line")
f:close()
-- Calculate percentage
ent_avail_percent = math.ceil(ent_avail * 100 / poolsize)
return {ent_avail, ent_avail_percent}
end
-- }}}
setmetatable(_M, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })