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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/random.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c
index 82af94c..64310cd 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
*/
#define MAX_TYPES 5 /* max number of types above */
+#define NSHUFF 100 /* to drop part of seed -> 1st value correlation */
+
static long degrees[MAX_TYPES] = { DEG_0, DEG_1, DEG_2, DEG_3, DEG_4 };
static long seps [MAX_TYPES] = { SEP_0, SEP_1, SEP_2, SEP_3, SEP_4 };
@@ -264,19 +266,20 @@ void
srandom(x)
unsigned long x;
{
- long i;
+ long i, lim;
+ state[0] = x;
if (rand_type == TYPE_0)
- state[0] = x;
+ lim = NSHUFF;
else {
- state[0] = x;
for (i = 1; i < rand_deg; i++)
state[i] = good_rand(state[i - 1]);
fptr = &state[rand_sep];
rptr = &state[0];
- for (i = 0; i < 10 * rand_deg; i++)
- (void)random();
+ lim = 10 * rand_deg;
}
+ for (i = 0; i < lim; i++)
+ (void)random();
}
/*
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