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41 /* An improved random number generation package. In addition to the standard
42 * rand()/srand() like interface, this package also has a special state info
43 * interface. The initstate() routine is called with a seed, an array of
44 * bytes, and a count of how many bytes are being passed in; this array is
45 * then initialized to contain information for random number generation with
46 * that much state information. Good sizes for the amount of state
47 * information are 32, 64, 128, and 256 bytes. The state can be switched by
48 * calling the setstate() routine with the same array as was initiallized
49 * with initstate(). By default, the package runs with 128 bytes of state
50 * information and generates far better random numbers than a linear
51 * congruential generator. If the amount of state information is less than
52 * 32 bytes, a simple linear congruential R.N.G. is used.
54 * Internally, the state information is treated as an array of longs; the
55 * zeroeth element of the array is the type of R.N.G. being used (small
56 * integer); the remainder of the array is the state information for the
57 * R.N.G. Thus, 32 bytes of state information will give 7 longs worth of
58 * state information, which will allow a degree seven polynomial. (Note:
59 * the zeroeth word of state information also has some other information
60 * stored in it -- see setstate() for details).
62 * The random number generation technique is a linear feedback shift register
63 * approach, employing trinomials (since there are fewer terms to sum up that
64 * way). In this approach, the least significant bit of all the numbers in
65 * the state table will act as a linear feedback shift register, and will
66 * have period 2^deg - 1 (where deg is the degree of the polynomial being
67 * used, assuming that the polynomial is irreducible and primitive). The
68 * higher order bits will have longer periods, since their values are also
69 * influenced by pseudo-random carries out of the lower bits. The total
70 * period of the generator is approximately deg*(2**deg - 1); thus doubling
71 * the amount of state information has a vast influence on the period of the
72 * generator. Note: the deg*(2**deg - 1) is an approximation only good for
73 * large deg, when the period of the shift register is the dominant factor.
74 * With deg equal to seven, the period is actually much longer than the
75 * 7*(2**7 - 1) predicted by this formula.
77 * Modified 28 December 1994 by Jacob S. Rosenberg.
78 * The following changes have been made:
79 * All references to the type u_int have been changed to unsigned long.
80 * All references to type int have been changed to type long. Other
81 * cleanups have been made as well. A warning for both initstate and
82 * setstate has been inserted to the effect that on Sparc platforms
83 * the 'arg_state' variable must be forced to begin on word boundaries.
84 * This can be easily done by casting a long integer array to char *.
85 * The overall logic has been left STRICTLY alone. This software was
86 * tested on both a VAX and Sun SpacsStation with exactly the same
87 * results. The new version and the original give IDENTICAL results.
88 * The new version is somewhat faster than the original. As the
89 * documentation says: "By default, the package runs with 128 bytes of
90 * state information and generates far better random numbers than a linear
91 * congruential generator. If the amount of state information is less than
92 * 32 bytes, a simple linear congruential R.N.G. is used." For a buffer of
93 * 128 bytes, this new version runs about 19 percent faster and for a 16
94 * byte buffer it is about 5 percent faster.
98 * For each of the currently supported random number generators, we have a
99 * break value on the amount of state information (you need at least this
100 * many bytes of state info to support this random number generator), a degree
101 * for the polynomial (actually a trinomial) that the R.N.G. is based on, and
102 * the separation between the two lower order coefficients of the trinomial.
104 #define TYPE_0 0 /* linear congruential */
109 #define TYPE_1 1 /* x**7 + x**3 + 1 */
114 #define TYPE_2 2 /* x**15 + x + 1 */
119 #define TYPE_3 3 /* x**31 + x**3 + 1 */
124 #define TYPE_4 4 /* x**63 + x + 1 */
130 * Array versions of the above information to make code run faster --
131 * relies on fact that TYPE_i == i.
133 #define MAX_TYPES 5 /* max number of types above */
135 static long degrees
[MAX_TYPES
] = { DEG_0
, DEG_1
, DEG_2
, DEG_3
, DEG_4
};
136 static long seps
[MAX_TYPES
] = { SEP_0
, SEP_1
, SEP_2
, SEP_3
, SEP_4
};
139 * Initially, everything is set up as if from:
141 * initstate(1, randtbl, 128);
143 * Note that this initialization takes advantage of the fact that srandom()
144 * advances the front and rear pointers 10*rand_deg times, and hence the
145 * rear pointer which starts at 0 will also end up at zero; thus the zeroeth
146 * element of the state information, which contains info about the current
147 * position of the rear pointer is just
149 * MAX_TYPES * (rptr - state) + TYPE_3 == TYPE_3.
152 static long randtbl
[DEG_3
+ 1] = {
154 #ifdef USE_WEAK_SEEDING
155 /* Historic implementation compatibility */
156 /* The random sequences do not vary much with the seed */
157 0x9a319039, 0x32d9c024, 0x9b663182, 0x5da1f342, 0xde3b81e0, 0xdf0a6fb5,
158 0xf103bc02, 0x48f340fb, 0x7449e56b, 0xbeb1dbb0, 0xab5c5918, 0x946554fd,
159 0x8c2e680f, 0xeb3d799f, 0xb11ee0b7, 0x2d436b86, 0xda672e2a, 0x1588ca88,
160 0xe369735d, 0x904f35f7, 0xd7158fd6, 0x6fa6f051, 0x616e6b96, 0xac94efdc,
161 0x36413f93, 0xc622c298, 0xf5a42ab8, 0x8a88d77b, 0xf5ad9d0e, 0x8999220b,
163 #else /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
164 0x991539b1, 0x16a5bce3, 0x6774a4cd, 0x3e01511e, 0x4e508aaa, 0x61048c05,
165 0xf5500617, 0x846b7115, 0x6a19892c, 0x896a97af, 0xdb48f936, 0x14898454,
166 0x37ffd106, 0xb58bff9c, 0x59e17104, 0xcf918a49, 0x09378c83, 0x52c7a471,
167 0x8d293ea9, 0x1f4fc301, 0xc3db71be, 0x39b44e1c, 0xf8a44ef9, 0x4c8b80b1,
168 0x19edc328, 0x87bf4bdd, 0xc9b240e5, 0xe9ee4b1b, 0x4382aee7, 0x535b6b41,
170 #endif /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
174 * fptr and rptr are two pointers into the state info, a front and a rear
175 * pointer. These two pointers are always rand_sep places aparts, as they
176 * cycle cyclically through the state information. (Yes, this does mean we
177 * could get away with just one pointer, but the code for random() is more
178 * efficient this way). The pointers are left positioned as they would be
181 * initstate(1, randtbl, 128);
183 * (The position of the rear pointer, rptr, is really 0 (as explained above
184 * in the initialization of randtbl) because the state table pointer is set
185 * to point to randtbl[1] (as explained below).
187 static long *fptr
= &randtbl
[SEP_3
+ 1];
188 static long *rptr
= &randtbl
[1];
191 * The following things are the pointer to the state information table, the
192 * type of the current generator, the degree of the current polynomial being
193 * used, and the separation between the two pointers. Note that for efficiency
194 * of random(), we remember the first location of the state information, not
195 * the zeroeth. Hence it is valid to access state[-1], which is used to
196 * store the type of the R.N.G. Also, we remember the last location, since
197 * this is more efficient than indexing every time to find the address of
198 * the last element to see if the front and rear pointers have wrapped.
200 static long *state
= &randtbl
[1];
201 static long rand_type
= TYPE_3
;
202 static long rand_deg
= DEG_3
;
203 static long rand_sep
= SEP_3
;
204 static long *end_ptr
= &randtbl
[DEG_3
+ 1];
206 static inline long good_rand(long);
208 static inline long good_rand(long x
)
210 #ifdef USE_WEAK_SEEDING
212 * Historic implementation compatibility.
213 * The random sequences do not vary much with the seed,
214 * even with overflowing.
216 return (1103515245 * x
+ 12345);
217 #else /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
219 * Compute x = (7^5 * x) mod (2^31 - 1)
220 * wihout overflowing 31 bits:
221 * (2^31 - 1) = 127773 * (7^5) + 2836
222 * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find",
223 * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10,
224 * October 1988, p. 1195.
226 register long hi
, lo
;
230 x
= 16807 * lo
- 2836 * hi
;
234 #endif /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
240 * Initialize the random number generator based on the given seed. If the
241 * type is the trivial no-state-information type, just remember the seed.
242 * Otherwise, initializes state[] based on the given "seed" via a linear
243 * congruential generator. Then, the pointers are set to known locations
244 * that are exactly rand_sep places apart. Lastly, it cycles the state
245 * information a given number of times to get rid of any initial dependencies
246 * introduced by the L.C.R.N.G. Note that the initialization of randtbl[]
247 * for default usage relies on values produced by this routine.
250 srandom(unsigned int x
)
254 if (rand_type
== TYPE_0
) {
258 for (i
= 1; i
< rand_deg
; i
++) {
259 state
[i
] = good_rand(state
[i
- 1]);
261 fptr
= &state
[rand_sep
];
263 for (i
= 0; i
< 10 * rand_deg
; i
++) {
272 * Many programs choose the seed value in a totally predictable manner.
273 * This often causes problems. We seed the generator using the much more
274 * secure urandom(4) interface. Note that this particular seeding
275 * procedure can generate states which are impossible to reproduce by
276 * calling srandom() with any value, since the succeeding terms in the
277 * state buffer are no longer derived from the LC algorithm applied to
287 if (rand_type
== TYPE_0
)
288 len
= sizeof state
[0];
290 len
= rand_deg
* sizeof state
[0];
293 fd
= _open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY
, 0);
295 if (_read(fd
, (void *) state
, len
) == (ssize_t
) len
)
304 gettimeofday(&tv
, NULL
);
305 srandom(getpid() ^ tv
.tv_sec
^ tv
.tv_usec
^ junk
);
309 if (rand_type
!= TYPE_0
) {
310 fptr
= &state
[rand_sep
];
319 * Initialize the state information in the given array of n bytes for future
320 * random number generation. Based on the number of bytes we are given, and
321 * the break values for the different R.N.G.'s, we choose the best (largest)
322 * one we can and set things up for it. srandom() is then called to
323 * initialize the state information.
325 * Note that on return from srandom(), we set state[-1] to be the type
326 * multiplexed with the current value of the rear pointer; this is so
327 * successive calls to initstate() won't lose this information and will be
328 * able to restart with setstate().
330 * Note: the first thing we do is save the current state, if any, just like
331 * setstate() so that it doesn't matter when initstate is called.
333 * Returns a pointer to the old state.
335 * Note: The Sparc platform requires that arg_state begin on a long
336 * word boundary; otherwise a bus error will occur. Even so, lint will
337 * complain about mis-alignment, but you should disregard these messages.
340 initstate(unsigned int seed
, char *arg_state
, size_t n
)
342 register char *ostate
= (char *)(&state
[-1]);
343 register long *long_arg_state
= (long *) arg_state
;
345 if (rand_type
== TYPE_0
)
346 state
[-1] = rand_type
;
348 state
[-1] = MAX_TYPES
* (rptr
- state
) + rand_type
;
350 (void)fprintf(stderr
,
351 "random: not enough state (%ld bytes); ignored.\n", n
);
358 } else if (n
< BREAK_2
) {
362 } else if (n
< BREAK_3
) {
366 } else if (n
< BREAK_4
) {
375 state
= (long *) (long_arg_state
+ 1); /* first location */
376 end_ptr
= &state
[rand_deg
]; /* must set end_ptr before srandom */
378 if (rand_type
== TYPE_0
)
379 long_arg_state
[0] = rand_type
;
381 long_arg_state
[0] = MAX_TYPES
* (rptr
- state
) + rand_type
;
388 * Restore the state from the given state array.
390 * Note: it is important that we also remember the locations of the pointers
391 * in the current state information, and restore the locations of the pointers
392 * from the old state information. This is done by multiplexing the pointer
393 * location into the zeroeth word of the state information.
395 * Note that due to the order in which things are done, it is OK to call
396 * setstate() with the same state as the current state.
398 * Returns a pointer to the old state information.
400 * Note: The Sparc platform requires that arg_state begin on a long
401 * word boundary; otherwise a bus error will occur. Even so, lint will
402 * complain about mis-alignment, but you should disregard these messages.
406 char *arg_state
; /* pointer to state array */
408 register long *new_state
= (long *) arg_state
;
409 register long type
= new_state
[0] % MAX_TYPES
;
410 register long rear
= new_state
[0] / MAX_TYPES
;
411 char *ostate
= (char *)(&state
[-1]);
413 if (rand_type
== TYPE_0
)
414 state
[-1] = rand_type
;
416 state
[-1] = MAX_TYPES
* (rptr
- state
) + rand_type
;
424 rand_deg
= degrees
[type
];
425 rand_sep
= seps
[type
];
428 (void)fprintf(stderr
,
429 "random: state info corrupted; not changed.\n");
431 state
= (long *) (new_state
+ 1);
432 if (rand_type
!= TYPE_0
) {
434 fptr
= &state
[(rear
+ rand_sep
) % rand_deg
];
436 end_ptr
= &state
[rand_deg
]; /* set end_ptr too */
444 * If we are using the trivial TYPE_0 R.N.G., just do the old linear
445 * congruential bit. Otherwise, we do our fancy trinomial stuff, which is
446 * the same in all the other cases due to all the global variables that have
447 * been set up. The basic operation is to add the number at the rear pointer
448 * into the one at the front pointer. Then both pointers are advanced to
449 * the next location cyclically in the table. The value returned is the sum
450 * generated, reduced to 31 bits by throwing away the "least random" low bit.
452 * Note: the code takes advantage of the fact that both the front and
453 * rear pointers can't wrap on the same call by not testing the rear
454 * pointer if the front one has wrapped.
456 * Returns a 31-bit random number.
465 if (rand_type
== TYPE_0
) {
467 state
[0] = i
= (good_rand(i
)) & 0x7fffffff;
470 * Use local variables rather than static variables for speed.
474 i
= (*f
>> 1) & 0x7fffffff; /* chucking least random bit */
475 if (++f
>= end_ptr
) {
479 else if (++r
>= end_ptr
) {