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33 
34 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)random.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
36 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
37 
38 #ifdef COMPAT_WEAK_SEEDING
39 #define USE_WEAK_SEEDING
40 #define random orandom
41 #define srandom osrandom
42 #define initstate oinitstate
43 #define setstate osetstate
44 #endif
45 
46 #include <stdio.h>
47 #include <stdlib.h>
48 
49 /*
50  * random.c:
51  *
52  * An improved random number generation package.  In addition to the standard
53  * rand()/srand() like interface, this package also has a special state info
54  * interface.  The initstate() routine is called with a seed, an array of
55  * bytes, and a count of how many bytes are being passed in; this array is
56  * then initialized to contain information for random number generation with
57  * that much state information.  Good sizes for the amount of state
58  * information are 32, 64, 128, and 256 bytes.  The state can be switched by
59  * calling the setstate() routine with the same array as was initiallized
60  * with initstate().  By default, the package runs with 128 bytes of state
61  * information and generates far better random numbers than a linear
62  * congruential generator.  If the amount of state information is less than
63  * 32 bytes, a simple linear congruential R.N.G. is used.
64  *
65  * Internally, the state information is treated as an array of longs; the
66  * zeroeth element of the array is the type of R.N.G. being used (small
67  * integer); the remainder of the array is the state information for the
68  * R.N.G.  Thus, 32 bytes of state information will give 7 longs worth of
69  * state information, which will allow a degree seven polynomial.  (Note:
70  * the zeroeth word of state information also has some other information
71  * stored in it -- see setstate() for details).
72  *
73  * The random number generation technique is a linear feedback shift register
74  * approach, employing trinomials (since there are fewer terms to sum up that
75  * way).  In this approach, the least significant bit of all the numbers in
76  * the state table will act as a linear feedback shift register, and will
77  * have period 2^deg - 1 (where deg is the degree of the polynomial being
78  * used, assuming that the polynomial is irreducible and primitive).  The
79  * higher order bits will have longer periods, since their values are also
80  * influenced by pseudo-random carries out of the lower bits.  The total
81  * period of the generator is approximately deg*(2**deg - 1); thus doubling
82  * the amount of state information has a vast influence on the period of the
83  * generator.  Note: the deg*(2**deg - 1) is an approximation only good for
84  * large deg, when the period of the shift register is the dominant factor.
85  * With deg equal to seven, the period is actually much longer than the
86  * 7*(2**7 - 1) predicted by this formula.
87  */
88 
89 /*
90  * For each of the currently supported random number generators, we have a
91  * break value on the amount of state information (you need at least this
92  * many bytes of state info to support this random number generator), a degree
93  * for the polynomial (actually a trinomial) that the R.N.G. is based on, and
94  * the separation between the two lower order coefficients of the trinomial.
95  */
96 #define	TYPE_0		0		/* linear congruential */
97 #define	BREAK_0		8
98 #define	DEG_0		0
99 #define	SEP_0		0
100 
101 #define	TYPE_1		1		/* x**7 + x**3 + 1 */
102 #define	BREAK_1		32
103 #define	DEG_1		7
104 #define	SEP_1		3
105 
106 #define	TYPE_2		2		/* x**15 + x + 1 */
107 #define	BREAK_2		64
108 #define	DEG_2		15
109 #define	SEP_2		1
110 
111 #define	TYPE_3		3		/* x**31 + x**3 + 1 */
112 #define	BREAK_3		128
113 #define	DEG_3		31
114 #define	SEP_3		3
115 
116 #define	TYPE_4		4		/* x**63 + x + 1 */
117 #define	BREAK_4		256
118 #define	DEG_4		63
119 #define	SEP_4		1
120 
121 /*
122  * Array versions of the above information to make code run faster --
123  * relies on fact that TYPE_i == i.
124  */
125 #define	MAX_TYPES	5		/* max number of types above */
126 
127 static int degrees[MAX_TYPES] =	{ DEG_0, DEG_1, DEG_2, DEG_3, DEG_4 };
128 static int seps [MAX_TYPES] =	{ SEP_0, SEP_1, SEP_2, SEP_3, SEP_4 };
129 
130 /*
131  * Initially, everything is set up as if from:
132  *
133  *	initstate(1, randtbl, 128);
134  *
135  * Note that this initialization takes advantage of the fact that srandom()
136  * advances the front and rear pointers 10*rand_deg times, and hence the
137  * rear pointer which starts at 0 will also end up at zero; thus the zeroeth
138  * element of the state information, which contains info about the current
139  * position of the rear pointer is just
140  *
141  *	MAX_TYPES * (rptr - state) + TYPE_3 == TYPE_3.
142  */
143 
144 static long randtbl[DEG_3 + 1] = {
145 	TYPE_3,
146 #ifdef  USE_WEAK_SEEDING
147 /* Historic implementation compatibility */
148 /* The random sequences do not vary much with the seed */
149 	0x9a319039, 0x32d9c024, 0x9b663182, 0x5da1f342, 0xde3b81e0, 0xdf0a6fb5,
150 	0xf103bc02, 0x48f340fb, 0x7449e56b, 0xbeb1dbb0, 0xab5c5918, 0x946554fd,
151 	0x8c2e680f, 0xeb3d799f, 0xb11ee0b7, 0x2d436b86, 0xda672e2a, 0x1588ca88,
152 	0xe369735d, 0x904f35f7, 0xd7158fd6, 0x6fa6f051, 0x616e6b96, 0xac94efdc,
153 	0x36413f93, 0xc622c298, 0xf5a42ab8, 0x8a88d77b, 0xf5ad9d0e, 0x8999220b,
154 	0x27fb47b9,
155 #else   /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
156 	0x991539b1, 0x16a5bce3, 0x6774a4cd, 0x3e01511e, 0x4e508aaa, 0x61048c05,
157 	0xf5500617, 0x846b7115, 0x6a19892c, 0x896a97af, 0xdb48f936, 0x14898454,
158 	0x37ffd106, 0xb58bff9c, 0x59e17104, 0xcf918a49, 0x09378c83, 0x52c7a471,
159 	0x8d293ea9, 0x1f4fc301, 0xc3db71be, 0x39b44e1c, 0xf8a44ef9, 0x4c8b80b1,
160 	0x19edc328, 0x87bf4bdd, 0xc9b240e5, 0xe9ee4b1b, 0x4382aee7, 0x535b6b41,
161 	0xf3bec5da
162 #endif  /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
163 };
164 
165 /*
166  * fptr and rptr are two pointers into the state info, a front and a rear
167  * pointer.  These two pointers are always rand_sep places aparts, as they
168  * cycle cyclically through the state information.  (Yes, this does mean we
169  * could get away with just one pointer, but the code for random() is more
170  * efficient this way).  The pointers are left positioned as they would be
171  * from the call
172  *
173  *	initstate(1, randtbl, 128);
174  *
175  * (The position of the rear pointer, rptr, is really 0 (as explained above
176  * in the initialization of randtbl) because the state table pointer is set
177  * to point to randtbl[1] (as explained below).
178  */
179 static long *fptr = &randtbl[SEP_3 + 1];
180 static long *rptr = &randtbl[1];
181 
182 /*
183  * The following things are the pointer to the state information table, the
184  * type of the current generator, the degree of the current polynomial being
185  * used, and the separation between the two pointers.  Note that for efficiency
186  * of random(), we remember the first location of the state information, not
187  * the zeroeth.  Hence it is valid to access state[-1], which is used to
188  * store the type of the R.N.G.  Also, we remember the last location, since
189  * this is more efficient than indexing every time to find the address of
190  * the last element to see if the front and rear pointers have wrapped.
191  */
192 static long *state = &randtbl[1];
193 static int rand_type = TYPE_3;
194 static int rand_deg = DEG_3;
195 static int rand_sep = SEP_3;
196 static long *end_ptr = &randtbl[DEG_3 + 1];
197 
198 static inline long good_rand __P((long));
199 
200 static inline long good_rand (x)
201 	register long x;
202 {
203 #ifdef  USE_WEAK_SEEDING
204 /*
205  * Historic implementation compatibility.
206  * The random sequences do not vary much with the seed,
207  * even with overflowing.
208  */
209 	return (1103515245 * x + 12345);
210 #else   /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
211 /*
212  * Compute x = (7^5 * x) mod (2^31 - 1)
213  * wihout overflowing 31 bits:
214  *      (2^31 - 1) = 127773 * (7^5) + 2836
215  * From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find",
216  * Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10,
217  * October 1988, p. 1195.
218  */
219 	register long hi, lo;
220 
221 	hi = x / 127773;
222 	lo = x % 127773;
223 	x = 16807 * lo - 2836 * hi;
224 	if (x <= 0)
225 		x += 0x7fffffff;
226 	return (x);
227 #endif  /* !USE_WEAK_SEEDING */
228 }
229 
230 /*
231  * srandom:
232  *
233  * Initialize the random number generator based on the given seed.  If the
234  * type is the trivial no-state-information type, just remember the seed.
235  * Otherwise, initializes state[] based on the given "seed" via a linear
236  * congruential generator.  Then, the pointers are set to known locations
237  * that are exactly rand_sep places apart.  Lastly, it cycles the state
238  * information a given number of times to get rid of any initial dependencies
239  * introduced by the L.C.R.N.G.  Note that the initialization of randtbl[]
240  * for default usage relies on values produced by this routine.
241  */
242 void
243 srandom(x)
244 	unsigned int x;
245 {
246 	register int i;
247 
248 	if (rand_type == TYPE_0)
249 		state[0] = x;
250 	else {
251 		state[0] = x;
252 		for (i = 1; i < rand_deg; i++)
253 			state[i] = good_rand(state[i - 1]);
254 		fptr = &state[rand_sep];
255 		rptr = &state[0];
256 		for (i = 0; i < 10 * rand_deg; i++)
257 			(void)random();
258 	}
259 }
260 
261 /*
262  * initstate:
263  *
264  * Initialize the state information in the given array of n bytes for future
265  * random number generation.  Based on the number of bytes we are given, and
266  * the break values for the different R.N.G.'s, we choose the best (largest)
267  * one we can and set things up for it.  srandom() is then called to
268  * initialize the state information.
269  *
270  * Note that on return from srandom(), we set state[-1] to be the type
271  * multiplexed with the current value of the rear pointer; this is so
272  * successive calls to initstate() won't lose this information and will be
273  * able to restart with setstate().
274  *
275  * Note: the first thing we do is save the current state, if any, just like
276  * setstate() so that it doesn't matter when initstate is called.
277  *
278  * Returns a pointer to the old state.
279  */
280 char *
281 initstate(seed, arg_state, n)
282 	unsigned int seed;		/* seed for R.N.G. */
283 	char *arg_state;		/* pointer to state array */
284 	int n;				/* # bytes of state info */
285 {
286 	register char *ostate = (char *)(&state[-1]);
287 
288 	if (rand_type == TYPE_0)
289 		state[-1] = rand_type;
290 	else
291 		state[-1] = MAX_TYPES * (rptr - state) + rand_type;
292 	if (n < BREAK_0) {
293 		(void)fprintf(stderr,
294 		    "random: not enough state (%d bytes); ignored.\n", n);
295 		return(0);
296 	}
297 	if (n < BREAK_1) {
298 		rand_type = TYPE_0;
299 		rand_deg = DEG_0;
300 		rand_sep = SEP_0;
301 	} else if (n < BREAK_2) {
302 		rand_type = TYPE_1;
303 		rand_deg = DEG_1;
304 		rand_sep = SEP_1;
305 	} else if (n < BREAK_3) {
306 		rand_type = TYPE_2;
307 		rand_deg = DEG_2;
308 		rand_sep = SEP_2;
309 	} else if (n < BREAK_4) {
310 		rand_type = TYPE_3;
311 		rand_deg = DEG_3;
312 		rand_sep = SEP_3;
313 	} else {
314 		rand_type = TYPE_4;
315 		rand_deg = DEG_4;
316 		rand_sep = SEP_4;
317 	}
318 	state = &(((long *)arg_state)[1]);	/* first location */
319 	end_ptr = &state[rand_deg];	/* must set end_ptr before srandom */
320 	srandom(seed);
321 	if (rand_type == TYPE_0)
322 		state[-1] = rand_type;
323 	else
324 		state[-1] = MAX_TYPES*(rptr - state) + rand_type;
325 	return(ostate);
326 }
327 
328 /*
329  * setstate:
330  *
331  * Restore the state from the given state array.
332  *
333  * Note: it is important that we also remember the locations of the pointers
334  * in the current state information, and restore the locations of the pointers
335  * from the old state information.  This is done by multiplexing the pointer
336  * location into the zeroeth word of the state information.
337  *
338  * Note that due to the order in which things are done, it is OK to call
339  * setstate() with the same state as the current state.
340  *
341  * Returns a pointer to the old state information.
342  */
343 char *
344 setstate(arg_state)
345 	char *arg_state;
346 {
347 	register long *new_state = (long *)arg_state;
348 	register int type = new_state[0] % MAX_TYPES;
349 	register int rear = new_state[0] / MAX_TYPES;
350 	char *ostate = (char *)(&state[-1]);
351 
352 	if (rand_type == TYPE_0)
353 		state[-1] = rand_type;
354 	else
355 		state[-1] = MAX_TYPES * (rptr - state) + rand_type;
356 	switch(type) {
357 	case TYPE_0:
358 	case TYPE_1:
359 	case TYPE_2:
360 	case TYPE_3:
361 	case TYPE_4:
362 		rand_type = type;
363 		rand_deg = degrees[type];
364 		rand_sep = seps[type];
365 		break;
366 	default:
367 		(void)fprintf(stderr,
368 		    "random: state info corrupted; not changed.\n");
369 	}
370 	state = &new_state[1];
371 	if (rand_type != TYPE_0) {
372 		rptr = &state[rear];
373 		fptr = &state[(rear + rand_sep) % rand_deg];
374 	}
375 	end_ptr = &state[rand_deg];		/* set end_ptr too */
376 	return(ostate);
377 }
378 
379 /*
380  * random:
381  *
382  * If we are using the trivial TYPE_0 R.N.G., just do the old linear
383  * congruential bit.  Otherwise, we do our fancy trinomial stuff, which is
384  * the same in all the other cases due to all the global variables that have
385  * been set up.  The basic operation is to add the number at the rear pointer
386  * into the one at the front pointer.  Then both pointers are advanced to
387  * the next location cyclically in the table.  The value returned is the sum
388  * generated, reduced to 31 bits by throwing away the "least random" low bit.
389  *
390  * Note: the code takes advantage of the fact that both the front and
391  * rear pointers can't wrap on the same call by not testing the rear
392  * pointer if the front one has wrapped.
393  *
394  * Returns a 31-bit random number.
395  */
396 long
397 random()
398 {
399 	long i;
400 
401 	if (rand_type == TYPE_0)
402 		i = state[0] = good_rand(state[0]) & 0x7fffffff;
403 	else {
404 		*fptr += *rptr;
405 		i = (*fptr >> 1) & 0x7fffffff;	/* chucking least random bit */
406 		if (++fptr >= end_ptr) {
407 			fptr = state;
408 			++rptr;
409 		} else if (++rptr >= end_ptr)
410 			rptr = state;
411 	}
412 	return(i);
413 }
414