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1 /*-
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28  *
29  * Posix rand_r function added May 1999 by Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>.
30  *
31  * @(#)rand.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/14/93
32  * $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c,v 1.17 2007/12/11 20:39:32 ache Exp $
33  * $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.c,v 1.6 2005/11/20 14:58:40 swildner Exp $
34  */
35 
36 #include "namespace.h"
37 #include <sys/time.h>          /* for sranddev() */
38 #include <sys/types.h>
39 #include <fcntl.h>             /* for sranddev() */
40 #include <stdlib.h>
41 #include <unistd.h>            /* for sranddev() */
42 #include "un-namespace.h"
43 
44 #ifdef TEST
45 #include <stdio.h>
46 #endif /* TEST */
47 
48 static int
49 do_rand(unsigned long *ctx)
50 {
51 #ifdef  USE_WEAK_SEEDING
52 /*
53  * Historic implementation compatibility.
54  * The random sequences do not vary much with the seed,
55  * even with overflowing.
56  */
57 	return ((*ctx = *ctx * 1103515245 + 12345) % ((u_long)RAND_MAX + 1));
58 #else   /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
59 /*
60  * Compute x = (7^5 * x) mod (2^31 - 1)
61  * without overflowing 31 bits:
62  *      (2^31 - 1) = 127773 * (7^5) + 2836
63  * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find",
64  * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10,
65  * October 1988, p. 1195.
66  */
67 	long hi, lo, x;
68 
69 	/* Can't be initialized with 0, so use another value. */
70 	if (*ctx == 0)
71 		*ctx = 123459876;
72 	hi = *ctx / 127773;
73 	lo = *ctx % 127773;
74 	x = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi;
75 	if (x < 0)
76 		x += 0x7fffffff;
77 	return ((*ctx = x) % ((u_long)RAND_MAX + 1));
78 #endif  /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
79 }
80 
81 
82 int
83 rand_r(unsigned int *ctx)
84 {
85 	u_long val = (u_long) *ctx;
86 	int r = do_rand(&val);
87 
88 	*ctx = (unsigned int) val;
89 	return (r);
90 }
91 
92 
93 static u_long next = 1;
94 
95 int
96 rand(void)
97 {
98 	return (do_rand(&next));
99 }
100 
101 void
102 srand(u_int seed)
103 {
104 	next = seed;
105 }
106 
107 
108 /*
109  * sranddev:
110  *
111  * Many programs choose the seed value in a totally predictable manner.
112  * This often causes problems.  We seed the generator using the much more
113  * secure random(4) interface.
114  */
115 void
116 sranddev(void)
117 {
118 	int fd, done;
119 
120 	done = 0;
121 	fd = _open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY, 0);
122 	if (fd >= 0) {
123 		if (_read(fd, (void *) &next, sizeof(next)) == sizeof(next))
124 			done = 1;
125 		_close(fd);
126 	}
127 
128 	if (!done) {
129 		struct timeval tv;
130 		unsigned long junk;	/* XXX left uninitialized on purpose */
131 
132 		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
133 		srand((getpid() << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec ^ junk);
134 	}
135 }
136 
137 
138 #ifdef TEST
139 
140 int
141 main(int argc __unused, char *argv[] __unused)
142 {
143     int i;
144     unsigned myseed;
145 
146     printf("seeding rand with 0x19610910: \n");
147     srand(0x19610910);
148 
149     printf("generating three pseudo-random numbers:\n");
150     for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
151     {
152 	printf("next random number = %d\n", rand());
153     }
154 
155     printf("generating the same sequence with rand_r:\n");
156     myseed = 0x19610910;
157     for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
158     {
159 	printf("next random number = %d\n", rand_r(&myseed));
160     }
161 
162     return 0;
163 }
164 
165 #endif /* TEST */
166 
167