Commit e0ab2928 authored by Stephane Eranian's avatar Stephane Eranian Committed by Linus Torvalds
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[PATCH] Add carta_random32() library routine 



This is a follow-up patch based on the review for perfmon2.  This patch
adds the carta_random32() library routine + carta_random32.h header file.

This is fast, simple, and efficient pseudo number generator algorithm.  We
use it in perfmon2 to randomize the sampling periods.  In this context, we
do not need any fancy randomizer.

Signed-off-by: default avatarstephane eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
Cc: David Mosberger <david.mosberger@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent b611967d

include/linux/carta_random32.h

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/*

 * Fast, simple, yet decent quality random number generator based on

 * a paper by David G. Carta ("Two Fast Implementations of the

 * `Minimal Standard' Random Number Generator," Communications of the

 * ACM, January, 1990).

 *

 * Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

 *	Contributed by Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public

 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

 *

 * This program 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

 * General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA

 * 02111-1307 USA

 */

#ifndef _LINUX_CARTA_RANDOM32_H_

#define _LINUX_CARTA_RANDOM32_H_



u64 carta_random32(u64 seed);



#endif /* _LINUX_CARTA_RANDOM32_H_ */

lib/Makefile

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lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \

	 bust_spinlocks.o rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o \

	 idr.o div64.o int_sqrt.o bitmap.o extable.o prio_tree.o \

	 sha1.o irq_regs.o

	 sha1.o irq_regs.o carta_random32.o



lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += ioremap.o

lib-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpumask.o

lib/carta_random32.c

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/*

 * Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

 *	Contributed by David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public

 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

 *

 * This program 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

 * General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA

 * 02111-1307 USA

 */

#include <linux/types.h>

#include <linux/module.h>



/*

 * Fast, simple, yet decent quality random number generator based on

 * a paper by David G. Carta ("Two Fast Implementations of the

 * `Minimal Standard' Random Number Generator," Communications of the

 * ACM, January, 1990).

 */

u64 carta_random32 (u64 seed)

{

#       define A 16807

#       define M ((u32) 1 << 31)

        u64 s, prod = A * seed, p, q;



        p = (prod >> 31) & (M - 1);

        q = (prod >>  0) & (M - 1);

        s = p + q;

        if (s >= M)

                s -= M - 1;

        return s;

}

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(carta_random32);

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