lib/libstand/random.c

   1 /*-
   2  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
   3  *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
   4  *
   5  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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  10  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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  13  * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
  14  *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
  15  *    without specific prior written permission.
  16  *
  17  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
  18  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
  19  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
  20  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
  21  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
  22  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
  23  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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  27  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  28  *
  29  *      @(#)random.c    8.1 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
  30  */
  31
  32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
  33 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
  34
  35 #include <sys/types.h>
  36
  37 static u_long randseed = 1;
  38
  39 void
  40 srandom(seed)
  41         u_long seed;
  42 {
  43         randseed = seed;
  44 }
  45
  46 /*
  47  * Pseudo-random number generator for randomizing the profiling clock,
  48  * and whatever else we might use it for.  The result is uniform on
  49  * [0, 2^31 - 1].
  50  */
  51 u_long
  52 random()
  53 {
  54         long x, hi, lo, t;
  55
  56         /*
  57          * Compute x[n + 1] = (7^5 * x[n]) mod (2^31 - 1).
  58          * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find",
  59          * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10,
  60          * October 1988, p. 1195.
  61          */
  62         x = randseed;
  63         hi = x / 127773;
  64         lo = x % 127773;
  65         t = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi;
  66         if (t <= 0)
  67                 t += 0x7fffffff;
  68         randseed = t;
  69         return (t);
  70 }