diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go
index 70aee19229..3abd4eb6e1 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:   "upload and sync",
 			Action:  cliUploadAndSync,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:    "resource_sync",
+			Aliases: []string{"r"},
+			Usage:   "resource update generate, upload and sync",
+			Action:  cliResourceUploadAndSync,
+		},
 	}
 
 	sort.Sort(cli.FlagsByName(app.Flags))
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go
index 5e0ff4b0f3..958e0693d3 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
-	"crypto/rand"
+	crand "crypto/rand"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -166,6 +167,18 @@ func digest(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 	return h.Sum(nil), nil
 }
 
+// generates random data in heap buffer
+func generateRandomData(datasize int) ([]byte, error) {
+	b := make([]byte, datasize)
+	c, err := crand.Read(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else if c != datasize {
+		return nil, errors.New("short read")
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
 // generateRandomFile is creating a temporary file with the requested byte size
 func generateRandomFile(size int) (f *os.File, teardown func()) {
 	// create a tmp file
@@ -181,7 +194,7 @@ func generateRandomFile(size int) (f *os.File, teardown func()) {
 	}
 
 	buf := make([]byte, size)
-	_, err = rand.Read(buf)
+	_, err = crand.Read(buf)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}