xref: /csrg-svn/sys/libkern/random.c (revision 63186)
154353Storek /*-
2*63186Sbostic  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
3*63186Sbostic  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
454353Storek  *
554353Storek  * %sccs.include.redist.c%
654353Storek  *
7*63186Sbostic  *	@(#)random.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/10/93
854353Storek  */
954353Storek 
1056518Sbostic #include <libkern/libkern.h>
1154353Storek 
1254353Storek /*
1354353Storek  * Pseudo-random number generator for randomizing the profiling clock,
1454353Storek  * and whatever else we might use it for.  The result is uniform on
1554353Storek  * [0, 2^31 - 1].
1654353Storek  */
1754353Storek u_long
random()1854353Storek random()
1954353Storek {
2054353Storek 	static u_long randseed = 1;
2154353Storek 	register long x, hi, lo, t;
2254353Storek 
2354353Storek 	/*
2454353Storek 	 * Compute x[n + 1] = (7^5 * x[n]) mod (2^31 - 1).
2554353Storek 	 * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find",
2654353Storek 	 * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10,
2754353Storek 	 * October 1988, p. 1195.
2854353Storek 	 */
2954353Storek 	x = randseed;
3054353Storek 	hi = x / 127773;
3154353Storek 	lo = x % 127773;
3254353Storek 	t = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi;
3354353Storek 	if (t <= 0)
3454353Storek 		t += 0x7fffffff;
3554353Storek 	randseed = t;
3654353Storek 	return (t);
3754353Storek }
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