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1 /* gmp_urandomm_ui -- uniform random number 0 to N-1 for ulong N.
2 
3 Copyright 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 
5 This file is part of the GNU MP Library.
6 
7 The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of either:
9 
10   * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
11     Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
12     option) any later version.
13 
14 or
15 
16   * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
17     Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
18     later version.
19 
20 or both in parallel, as here.
21 
22 The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
23 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
24 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
25 for more details.
26 
27 You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and the
28 GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU MP Library.  If not,
29 see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.  */
30 
31 #include "gmp-impl.h"
32 #include "longlong.h"
33 
34 
35 /* If n is a power of 2 then the test ret<n is always true and the loop is
36    unnecessary, but there's no need to add special code for this.  Just get
37    the "bits" calculation correct and let it go through normally.
38 
39    If n is 1 then will have bits==0 and _gmp_rand will produce no output and
40    we always return 0.  Again there seems no need for a special case, just
41    initialize a[0]=0 and let it go through normally.  */
42 
43 #define MAX_URANDOMM_ITER  80
44 
45 unsigned long
gmp_urandomm_ui(gmp_randstate_ptr rstate,unsigned long n)46 gmp_urandomm_ui (gmp_randstate_ptr rstate, unsigned long n)
47 {
48   mp_limb_t      a[LIMBS_PER_ULONG];
49   unsigned long  ret, bits, leading;
50   int            i;
51 
52   if (UNLIKELY (n == 0))
53     DIVIDE_BY_ZERO;
54 
55   /* start with zeros, since if bits==0 then _gmp_rand will store nothing at
56      all (bits==0 arises when n==1), or if bits <= GMP_NUMB_BITS then it
57      will store only a[0].  */
58   a[0] = 0;
59 #if LIMBS_PER_ULONG > 1
60   a[1] = 0;
61 #endif
62 
63   count_leading_zeros (leading, (mp_limb_t) n);
64   bits = GMP_LIMB_BITS - leading - (POW2_P(n) != 0);
65 
66   for (i = 0; i < MAX_URANDOMM_ITER; i++)
67     {
68       _gmp_rand (a, rstate, bits);
69 #if LIMBS_PER_ULONG == 1
70       ret = a[0];
71 #else
72       ret = a[0] | (a[1] << GMP_NUMB_BITS);
73 #endif
74       if (LIKELY (ret < n))   /* usually one iteration suffices */
75         goto done;
76     }
77 
78   /* Too many iterations, there must be something degenerate about the
79      rstate algorithm.  Return r%n.  */
80   ret -= n;
81   ASSERT (ret < n);
82 
83  done:
84   return ret;
85 }
86