curl_rand.c

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#include "setup.h"

#include <curl/curl.h>

#include "curl_rand.h"

#define _MPRINTF_REPLACE /* use our functions only */
#include <curl/mprintf.h>

#include "curl_memory.h"
/* The last #include file should be: */
#include "memdebug.h"

/* Private pseudo-random number seed. Unsigned integer >= 32bit. Threads
   mutual exclusion is not implemented to acess it since we do not require
   high quality random numbers (only used in form boudary generation). */

static unsigned int randseed;

/* Pseudo-random number support. */

unsigned int Curl_rand(void)
{
  unsigned int r;
  /* Return an unsigned 32-bit pseudo-random number. */
  r = randseed = randseed * 1103515245 + 12345;
  return (r << 16) | ((r >> 16) & 0xFFFF);
}

void Curl_srand(void)
{
  /* Randomize pseudo-random number sequence. */

  randseed = (unsigned int) time(NULL);
  Curl_rand();
  Curl_rand();
  Curl_rand();
}