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authorLeah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>2026-03-26 09:32:11 +0000
committerLeah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>2026-03-26 09:40:55 +0000
commit6daad03a8d53936fdc2370f917481cbbeee1a437 (patch)
tree0a5c5ac59c9fa6089d5d392f8f3b1e8c72e7dca7 /util/libreboot-utils/lib
parent8e8f7bced44c5f61e390e81d8a84a93099358453 (diff)
libreboot-utils: improved randomness test
now it's for real Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'util/libreboot-utils/lib')
-rw-r--r--util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c20
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c b/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c
index 63cb3fcd..c52fbd5e 100644
--- a/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c
+++ b/util/libreboot-utils/lib/rand.c
@@ -79,21 +79,25 @@
#endif
int
-win_lottery(char **buf) /* are u lucky? */
+win_lottery(void) /* are u lucky? */
{
size_t size = 0;
+ size_t size2 = 0;
int rval;
char *s1 = rmalloc(&size);
- char *s2 = rmalloc(&size);
+ char *s2 = rmalloc(&size2);
- if (scmp(s1, s2, BUFSIZ + 1, &rval) >= 0 &&
+ if (size2 > size)
+ size = size2;
+
+ if (scmp(s1, s2, size + 1, &rval) >= 0 &&
rval == 0)
rval = 1; /* winner! */
else
rval = 0;
- (void) scat(s1, s2, BUFSIZ << 1, buf);
+ printf("%s%s\n\n", s1, s2);
free_if_null(&s1);
free_if_null(&s2);
@@ -104,17 +108,19 @@ win_lottery(char **buf) /* are u lucky? */
void *
rmalloc(size_t *rval)
{
+ size_t size = 16777216;
+
/* clamp rand to prevent modulo bias */
- size_t limit = SIZE_MAX - (SIZE_MAX % BUFSIZ);
+ size_t limit = SIZE_MAX - (SIZE_MAX % size);
if (if_err(rval == NULL, EFAULT))
return NULL;
do {
rset(rval, sizeof(*rval));
- } while (*rval >= limit);
+ } while (*rval >= limit || *rval == 0);
- return mkrstr(*rval %= BUFSIZ);
+ return mkrstr(*rval %= size);
}
char *