libvirt/src/util/virrandom.c
Daniel P. Berrange e95ef67b35 Introduce new API for generating random numbers
The old virRandom() API was not generating good random numbers.
Replace it with a new API virRandomBits which instead of being
told the upper limit, gets told the number of bits of randomness
required.

* src/util/virrandom.c, src/util/virrandom.h: Add virRandomBits,
  and move virRandomInitialize
* src/util/util.h, src/util/util.c: Delete virRandom and
  virRandomInitialize
* src/libvirt.c, src/security/security_selinux.c,
  src/test/test_driver.c, src/util/iohelper.c: Update for
  changes from virRandom to virRandomBits
* src/storage/storage_backend_iscsi.c: Remove bogus call
  to virRandomInitialize & convert to virRandomBits
2012-01-26 14:03:14 +00:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
* Authors:
* Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
*/
#include <config.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "virrandom.h"
#include "threads.h"
#include "count-one-bits.h"
static char randomState[128];
static struct random_data randomData;
static virMutex randomLock;
int virRandomInitialize(uint32_t seed)
{
if (virMutexInit(&randomLock) < 0)
return -1;
if (initstate_r(seed,
randomState,
sizeof(randomState),
&randomData) < 0)
return -1;
return 0;
}
/*
* virRandomBits:
* @nbits: Number of bits of randommess required
*
* Generate an evenly distributed random number between [0,2^nbits), where
* @nbits must be in the range (0,64].
*
* Return: a random number with @nbits entropy
*/
uint64_t virRandomBits(int nbits)
{
int bits_per_iter = count_one_bits(RAND_MAX);
uint64_t ret = 0;
int32_t bits;
/* This algorithm requires that RAND_MAX == 2^n-1 for some n;
gnulib's random_r meets this property. */
verify(((RAND_MAX + 1U) & RAND_MAX) == 0);
virMutexLock(&randomLock);
while (nbits > bits_per_iter) {
random_r(&randomData, &bits);
ret = (ret << bits_per_iter) | (bits & RAND_MAX);
nbits -= bits_per_iter;
}
random_r(&randomData, &bits);
ret = (ret << nbits) | (bits & ((1 << nbits) - 1));
virMutexUnlock(&randomLock);
return ret;
}