/* xf86drmRandom.c -- "Minimal Standard" PRNG Implementation
* Created: Mon Apr 19 08:28:13 1999 by faith@precisioninsight.com
*
* Copyright 1999 Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas.
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* Authors: Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@valinux.com>
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
* This file contains a simple, straightforward implementation of the Park
* & Miller "Minimal Standard" PRNG [PM88, PMS93], which is a Lehmer
* multiplicative linear congruential generator (MLCG) with a period of
* 2^31-1.
*
* This implementation is intended to provide a reliable, portable PRNG
* that is suitable for testing a hash table implementation and for
* implementing skip lists.
*
* FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS
*
* If initial seeds are not selected randomly, two instances of the PRNG
* can be correlated. [Knuth81, pp. 32-33] describes a shuffling technique
* that can eliminate this problem.
*
* If PRNGs are used for simulation, the period of the current
* implementation may be too short. [LE88] discusses methods of combining
* MLCGs to produce much longer periods, and suggests some alternative
* values for A and M. [LE90 and Sch92] also provide information on
* long-period PRNGs.
*
* REFERENCES
*
* [Knuth81] Donald E. Knuth. The Art of Computer Programming. Volume 2:
* Seminumerical Algorithms. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1981.
*
* [LE88] Pierre L'Ecuyer. "Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number
* Generators". CACM 31(6), June 1988, pp. 742-774.
*
* [LE90] Pierre L'Ecuyer. "Random Numbers for Simulation". CACM 33(10,
* October 1990, pp. 85-97.
*
* [PM88] Stephen K. Park and Keith W. Miller. "Random Number Generators:
* Good Ones are Hard to Find". CACM 31(10), October 1988, pp. 1192-1201.
*
* [Sch92] Bruce Schneier. "Pseudo-Ransom Sequence Generator for 32-Bit
* CPUs". Dr. Dobb's Journal 17(2), February 1992, pp. 34, 37-38, 40.
*
* [PMS93] Stephen K. Park, Keith W. Miller, and Paul K. Stockmeyer. In
* "Technical Correspondence: Remarks on Choosing and Implementing Random
* Number Generators". CACM 36(7), July 1993, pp. 105-110.
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "xf86drm.h"
#include "xf86drmRandom.h"
static void check_period(unsigned long seed)
{
unsigned long count = 0;
unsigned long initial;
void *state;
state = drmRandomCreate(seed);
initial = drmRandom(state);
++count;
while (initial != drmRandom(state)) {
if (!++count) break;
}
printf("With seed of %10lu, period = %10lu (0x%08lx)\n",
seed, count, count);
drmRandomDestroy(state);
}
int main(void)
{
RandomState *state;
int i;
int ret;
unsigned long rand;
state = drmRandomCreate(1);
for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
rand = drmRandom(state);
}
ret = rand != state->check;
printf("After 10000 iterations: %lu (%lu expected): %s\n",
rand, state->check,
ret ? "*INCORRECT*" : "CORRECT");
drmRandomDestroy(state);
printf("Checking periods...\n");
check_period(1);
check_period(2);
check_period(31415926);
return ret;
}