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1 /* Family of functions for random integers.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000-2002, 2012-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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18 * This is derived from the Berkeley source:
19 * @(#)random.c 5.5 (Berkeley) 7/6/88
20 * It was reworked for the GNU C Library by Roland McGrath.
21 * Rewritten to use reentrant functions by Ulrich Drepper, 1995.
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53 #include <config.h>
55 /* Specification. */
56 #include <stdlib.h>
58 #include <stdint.h>
59 #include <time.h>
61 /* This file can assume the 'struct random_data' and associated *_r functions
62 from gnulib. */
64 /* Linear congruential. */
65 #define TYPE_0 0
66 #define BREAK_0 8
67 #define DEG_0 0
68 #define SEP_0 0
70 /* x**7 + x**3 + 1. */
71 #define TYPE_1 1
72 #define BREAK_1 32
73 #define DEG_1 7
74 #define SEP_1 3
76 /* x**15 + x + 1. */
77 #define TYPE_2 2
78 #define BREAK_2 64
79 #define DEG_2 15
80 #define SEP_2 1
82 /* x**31 + x**3 + 1. */
83 #define TYPE_3 3
84 #define BREAK_3 128
85 #define DEG_3 31
86 #define SEP_3 3
88 /* x**63 + x + 1. */
89 #define TYPE_4 4
90 #define BREAK_4 256
91 #define DEG_4 63
92 #define SEP_4 1
94 /* Array versions of the above information to make code run faster.
95 Relies on fact that TYPE_i == i. */
97 #define MAX_TYPES 5 /* Max number of types above. */
99 /* Initially, everything is set up as if from:
100 initstate(1, randtbl, 128);
101 Note that this initialization takes advantage of the fact that srandom
102 advances the front and rear pointers 10*rand_deg times, and hence the
103 rear pointer which starts at 0 will also end up at zero; thus the zeroth
104 element of the state information, which contains info about the current
105 position of the rear pointer is just
106 (MAX_TYPES * (rptr - state)) + TYPE_3 == TYPE_3. */
108 static int32_t randtbl[DEG_3 + 1] =
110 TYPE_3,
112 -1726662223, 379960547, 1735697613, 1040273694, 1313901226,
113 1627687941, -179304937, -2073333483, 1780058412, -1989503057,
114 -615974602, 344556628, 939512070, -1249116260, 1507946756,
115 -812545463, 154635395, 1388815473, -1926676823, 525320961,
116 -1009028674, 968117788, -123449607, 1284210865, 435012392,
117 -2017506339, -911064859, -370259173, 1132637927, 1398500161,
118 -205601318,
121 static struct random_data generator =
123 /* FPTR and RPTR are two pointers into the state info, a front and a rear
124 pointer. These two pointers are always rand_sep places aparts, as they
125 cycle through the state information. (Yes, this does mean we could get
126 away with just one pointer, but the code for random is more efficient
127 this way). The pointers are left positioned as they would be from the call:
128 initstate(1, randtbl, 128);
129 (The position of the rear pointer, rptr, is really 0 (as explained above
130 in the initialization of randtbl) because the state table pointer is set
131 to point to randtbl[1] (as explained below).) */
133 /* fptr */ &randtbl[SEP_3 + 1],
134 /* rptr */ &randtbl[1],
136 /* The following things are the pointer to the state information table,
137 the type of the current generator, the degree of the current polynomial
138 being used, and the separation between the two pointers.
139 Note that for efficiency of random, we remember the first location of
140 the state information, not the zeroth. Hence it is valid to access
141 state[-1], which is used to store the type of the R.N.G.
142 Also, we remember the last location, since this is more efficient than
143 indexing every time to find the address of the last element to see if
144 the front and rear pointers have wrapped. */
146 /* state */ &randtbl[1],
148 /* rand_type */ TYPE_3,
149 /* rand_deg */ DEG_3,
150 /* rand_sep */ SEP_3,
152 /* end_ptr */ &randtbl[sizeof (randtbl) / sizeof (randtbl[0])]
155 long
156 random (void)
158 int32_t val;
160 if (random_r (&generator, &val) < 0)
161 abort (); /* should not happen */
162 return val;
165 void
166 srandom (unsigned int seed)
168 (void) srandom_r (seed, &generator); /* may fail! */
171 char *
172 initstate (unsigned int seed, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
174 char *old_state = (char *) ((int32_t *) generator.state - 1);
175 if (initstate_r (seed, buf, buf_size, &generator) < 0)
176 return NULL; /* failed */
177 return old_state;
180 char *
181 setstate (char *arg_state)
183 char *old_state = (char *) ((int32_t *) generator.state - 1);
184 if (setstate_r (arg_state, &generator) < 0)
185 return NULL; /* failed */
186 return old_state;