/* $NetBSD: random.c,v 1.2 1994/10/26 06:42:42 cgd Exp $ */ /*- * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software * must display the following acknowledgement: * This product includes software developed by the University of * California, Berkeley and its contributors. * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * * @(#)random.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/10/93 */ #include #include /* * Pseudo-random number generator for randomizing the profiling clock, * and whatever else we might use it for. The result is uniform on * [0, 2^31 - 1]. */ u_long _randseed = 1; u_long random() { register long x, hi, lo, t; /* * Compute x[n + 1] = (7^5 * x[n]) mod (2^31 - 1). * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find", * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10, * October 1988, p. 1195. */ x = _randseed; hi = x / 127773; lo = x % 127773; t = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi; if (t <= 0) t += 0x7fffffff; _randseed = t; return (t); }