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authorrsc <devnull@localhost>2004-03-21 14:04:56 +0000
committerrsc <devnull@localhost>2004-03-21 14:04:56 +0000
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+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+#include <libsec.h>
+
+#define Maxrand ((1UL<<31)-1)
+
+ulong
+nfastrand(ulong n)
+{
+ ulong m, r;
+
+ /*
+ * set m to the maximum multiple of n <= 2^31-1
+ * so we want a random number < m.
+ */
+ if(n > Maxrand)
+ sysfatal("nfastrand: n too large");
+
+ m = Maxrand - Maxrand % n;
+ while((r = fastrand()) >= m)
+ ;
+ return r%n;
+}