X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/catacomb/blobdiff_plain/ba6e6b64033b1f9de49feccb5c9cd438354481f7..0f00dc4c8eb47e67bc0f148c2dd109f73a451e0a:/rand/grand.c diff --git a/rand/grand.c b/rand/grand.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17d248b --- /dev/null +++ b/rand/grand.c @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +/* -*-c-*- + * + * Generic interface to random number generators + * + * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware + */ + +/*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* + * + * This file is part of Catacomb. + * + * Catacomb is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the + * License, or (at your option) any later version. + * + * Catacomb 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 Library General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public + * License along with Catacomb; if not, write to the Free + * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, + * MA 02111-1307, USA. + */ + +/*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/ + +#include + +#include + +#include "grand.h" + +/*----- Main code ---------------------------------------------------------*/ + +/* --- @grand_byte@ --- * + * + * Arguments: @grand *r@ = pointet to generic generator + * + * Returns: A uniformly-distributed pseudorandom integer in the interval + * %$[0, 256)$%. + */ + +octet grand_byte(grand *r) +{ + if (r->ops->byte != grand_byte) + return (r->ops->byte(r)); + else if (r->ops->word != grand_word) + return (r->ops->word(r) & 0xff); + else if (r->ops->fill != grand_fill) { + octet o; + r->ops->fill(r, &o, 1); + return (o); + } else + return (grand_range(r, 256)); +} + +/* --- @grand_word@ --- * + * + * Arguments: @grand *r@ = pointet to generic generator + * + * Returns: A uniformly-distributed pseudorandom integer in the interval + * %$[0, 2^{32})$%. + */ + +uint32 grand_word(grand *r) +{ + if (r->ops->word != grand_word) + return (r->ops->word(r)); + else { + octet b[4]; + grand_fill(r, b, sizeof(b)); + return (LOAD32(b)); + } +} + +/* --- @grand_range@ --- * + * + * Arguments: @grand *r@ = pointet to generic generator + * @uint32 l@ = limit for acceptable results + * + * Returns: A uniformly-distributed pseudorandom integer in the interval + * %$[0, l)$%. + */ + +uint32 grand_range(grand *r, uint32 l) +{ + if (r->ops->range != grand_range) + return (r->ops->range(r, l)); + else { + uint32 m, z; + uint32 (*w)(grand */*r*/); + uint32 x; + + /* --- Decide where to get data from --- * + * + * The choice of %$2^{32} - 1$% as a limit when using @grand_word@ isn't + * wonderful, but working with %$2^{32}$% is awkward and the loss of a + * few return values isn't significant. The algorithm below still + * successfully returns uniformly distributed results. + */ + + if (r->ops->max) { + w = r->ops->raw; + m = r->ops->max; + } else { + w = grand_word; + m = 0xffffffff; + } + + /* --- Work out maximum acceptable return value --- * + * + * This will be the highest multiple of @l@ less than @m@. + */ + + z = m - (m % l); + + /* --- Generate numbers until something acceptable is found --- * + * + * This will require an expected number of attempts less than 2. + */ + + do x = w(r); while (x >= z); + return (x % l); + } +} + +/* --- @grand_fill@ --- * + * + * Arguments: @grand *r@ = pointet to generic generator + * @void *p@ = pointer to a buffer + * @size_t sz@ = size of the buffer + * + * Returns: --- + * + * Use: Fills a buffer with uniformly distributed pseudorandom bytes + * (see @grand_byte@). + */ + +void grand_fill(grand *r, void *p, size_t sz) +{ + if (r->ops->fill != grand_fill) + r->ops->fill(r, p, sz); + else { + octet *q = p; + while (sz) { + *q++ = r->ops->byte(r); + sz--; + } + } +} + +/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/