lib/libstand/random.c

   1 /*-
   2  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
   3  *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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  32  *
  33  *      @(#)random.c    8.1 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
  34  * $FreeBSD: src/lib/libstand/random.c,v 1.2.2.1 2000/09/10 01:25:52 ps Exp $
  35  * $DragonFly: src/lib/libstand/random.c,v 1.4 2005/12/11 02:27:26 swildner Exp $
  36  */
  37
  38 #include <sys/types.h>
  39
  40 static u_long randseed = 1;
  41
  42 void
  43 srandom(u_long seed)
  44 {
  45         randseed = seed;
  46 }
  47
  48 /*
  49  * Pseudo-random number generator for randomizing the profiling clock,
  50  * and whatever else we might use it for.  The result is uniform on
  51  * [0, 2^31 - 1].
  52  */
  53 u_long
  54 random(void)
  55 {
  56         long x, hi, lo, t;
  57
  58         /*
  59          * Compute x[n + 1] = (7^5 * x[n]) mod (2^31 - 1).
  60          * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find",
  61          * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10,
  62          * October 1988, p. 1195.
  63          */
  64         x = randseed;
  65         hi = x / 127773;
  66         lo = x % 127773;
  67         t = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi;
  68         if (t <= 0)
  69                 t += 0x7fffffff;
  70         randseed = t;
  71         return (t);
  72 }