/* $NetBSD: random.c,v 1.9 2026/01/29 18:37:54 christos Exp $ */ /* * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") * * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional * information regarding copyright ownership. */ /* * Portions of isc_random_uniform(): * * Copyright (c) 1996, David Mazieres * Copyright (c) 2008, Damien Miller * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ #if !HAVE_ARC4RANDOM || defined(__linux__) #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define ISC_RANDOM_BUFSIZE (ISC_OS_CACHELINE_SIZE / sizeof(uint32_t)) thread_local static uint32_t isc__random_pool[ISC_RANDOM_BUFSIZE]; thread_local static size_t isc__random_pos = ISC_RANDOM_BUFSIZE; uint32_t isc_random32(void) { #if FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION /* * A fixed stream of numbers helps with problem reproduction when * fuzzing. */ return (uint32_t)(isc__random_pos++); #endif /* if FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION */ if (isc__random_pos == ISC_RANDOM_BUFSIZE) { isc_random_buf(isc__random_pool, sizeof(isc__random_pool)); isc__random_pos = 0; } return isc__random_pool[isc__random_pos++]; } void isc_random_buf(void *buf, size_t buflen) { REQUIRE(buflen == 0 || buf != NULL); if (buf == NULL || buflen == 0) { return; } int r = uv_random(NULL, NULL, buf, buflen, 0, NULL); UV_RUNTIME_CHECK(uv_random, r); } uint32_t isc_random_uniform(uint32_t limit) { /* * Daniel Lemire's nearly-divisionless unbiased bounded random numbers. * * https://lemire.me/blog/?p=17551 * * The raw random number generator `next()` returns a 32-bit value. * We do a 64-bit multiply `next() * limit` and treat the product as a * 32.32 fixed-point value less than the limit. Our result will be the * integer part (upper 32 bits), and we will use the fraction part * (lower 32 bits) to determine whether or not we need to resample. */ uint64_t num = (uint64_t)isc_random32() * (uint64_t)limit; /* * In the fast path, we avoid doing a division in most cases by * comparing the fraction part of `num` with the limit, which is * a slight over-estimate for the exact resample threshold. */ if ((uint32_t)(num) < limit) { /* * We are in the slow path where we re-do the approximate test * more accurately. The exact threshold for the resample loop * is the remainder after dividing the raw RNG limit `1 << 32` * by the caller's limit. We use a trick to calculate it * within 32 bits: * * (1 << 32) % limit * == ((1 << 32) - limit) % limit * == (uint32_t)(-limit) % limit * * This division is safe: we know that `limit` is strictly * greater than zero because of the slow-path test above. */ uint32_t residue = (uint32_t)(-limit) % limit; /* * Unless we get one of `N = (1 << 32) - residue` valid * values, we reject the sample. This `N` is a multiple of * `limit`, so our results will be unbiased; and `N` is the * largest multiple that fits in 32 bits, so rejections are as * rare as possible. * * There are `limit` possible values for the integer part of * our fixed-point number. Each one corresponds to `N/limit` * or `N/limit + 1` possible fraction parts. For our result to * be unbiased, every possible integer part must have the same * number of possible valid fraction parts. So, when we get * the superfluous value in the `N/limit + 1` cases, we need * to reject and resample. * * Because of the multiplication, the possible values in the * fraction part are equally spaced by `limit`, with varying * gaps at each end of the fraction's 32-bit range. We will * choose a range of size `N` (a multiple of `limit`) into * which valid fraction values must fall, with the rest of the * 32-bit range covered by the `residue`. Lemire's paper says * that exactly `N/limit` possible values spaced apart by * `limit` will fit into our size `N` valid range, regardless * of the size of the end gaps, the phase alignment of the * values, or the position of the range. * * So, when a fraction value falls in the `residue` outside * our valid range, it is superfluous, and we resample. */ while ((uint32_t)(num) < residue) { num = (uint64_t)isc_random32() * (uint64_t)limit; } } /* * Return the integer part (upper 32 bits). */ return (uint32_t)(num >> 32); } #endif /* HAVE_ARC4RANDOM && !defined(__linux__) */