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diff --git a/src/leveldb/util/random.h b/src/leveldb/util/random.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..07538242ea --- /dev/null +++ b/src/leveldb/util/random.h @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +// Copyright (c) 2011 The LevelDB Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be +// found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors. + +#ifndef STORAGE_LEVELDB_UTIL_RANDOM_H_ +#define STORAGE_LEVELDB_UTIL_RANDOM_H_ + +#include <stdint.h> + +namespace leveldb { + +// A very simple random number generator. Not especially good at +// generating truly random bits, but good enough for our needs in this +// package. +class Random { + private: + uint32_t seed_; + public: + explicit Random(uint32_t s) : seed_(s & 0x7fffffffu) { } + uint32_t Next() { + static const uint32_t M = 2147483647L; // 2^31-1 + static const uint64_t A = 16807; // bits 14, 8, 7, 5, 2, 1, 0 + // We are computing + // seed_ = (seed_ * A) % M, where M = 2^31-1 + // + // seed_ must not be zero or M, or else all subsequent computed values + // will be zero or M respectively. For all other values, seed_ will end + // up cycling through every number in [1,M-1] + uint64_t product = seed_ * A; + + // Compute (product % M) using the fact that ((x << 31) % M) == x. + seed_ = static_cast<uint32_t>((product >> 31) + (product & M)); + // The first reduction may overflow by 1 bit, so we may need to + // repeat. mod == M is not possible; using > allows the faster + // sign-bit-based test. + if (seed_ > M) { + seed_ -= M; + } + return seed_; + } + // Returns a uniformly distributed value in the range [0..n-1] + // REQUIRES: n > 0 + uint32_t Uniform(int n) { return Next() % n; } + + // Randomly returns true ~"1/n" of the time, and false otherwise. + // REQUIRES: n > 0 + bool OneIn(int n) { return (Next() % n) == 0; } + + // Skewed: pick "base" uniformly from range [0,max_log] and then + // return "base" random bits. The effect is to pick a number in the + // range [0,2^max_log-1] with exponential bias towards smaller numbers. + uint32_t Skewed(int max_log) { + return Uniform(1 << Uniform(max_log + 1)); + } +}; + +} // namespace leveldb + +#endif // STORAGE_LEVELDB_UTIL_RANDOM_H_ |