util: move MapIntoRange() for reuse in fuzz tests

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/golombrice.h b/src/util/golombrice.h
index 67d262406f..f14cb594db 100644
--- a/src/util/golombrice.h
+++ b/src/util/golombrice.h
@@ -40,4 +40,35 @@ uint64_t GolombRiceDecode(BitStreamReader<IStream>& bitreader, uint8_t P)
     return (q << P) + r;
 }
 
+// Map a value x that is uniformly distributed in the range [0, 2^64) to a
+// value uniformly distributed in [0, n) by returning the upper 64 bits of
+// x * n.
+//
+// See: https://lemire.me/blog/2016/06/27/a-fast-alternative-to-the-modulo-reduction/
+static inline uint64_t MapIntoRange(uint64_t x, uint64_t n)
+{
+#ifdef __SIZEOF_INT128__
+    return (static_cast<unsigned __int128>(x) * static_cast<unsigned __int128>(n)) >> 64;
+#else
+    // To perform the calculation on 64-bit numbers without losing the
+    // result to overflow, split the numbers into the most significant and
+    // least significant 32 bits and perform multiplication piece-wise.
+    //
+    // See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26855440
+    const uint64_t x_hi = x >> 32;
+    const uint64_t x_lo = x & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+    const uint64_t n_hi = n >> 32;
+    const uint64_t n_lo = n & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+
+    const uint64_t ac = x_hi * n_hi;
+    const uint64_t ad = x_hi * n_lo;
+    const uint64_t bc = x_lo * n_hi;
+    const uint64_t bd = x_lo * n_lo;
+
+    const uint64_t mid34 = (bd >> 32) + (bc & 0xFFFFFFFF) + (ad & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    const uint64_t upper64 = ac + (bc >> 32) + (ad >> 32) + (mid34 >> 32);
+    return upper64;
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_GOLOMBRICE_H