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diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h
index 3d5421eb3e..00e90abbc5 100644
--- a/src/random.h
+++ b/src/random.h
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ public:
/** Initialize with explicit seed (only for testing) */
explicit FastRandomContext(const uint256& seed);
+ // Do not permit copying a FastRandomContext (move it, or create a new one to get reseeded).
+ FastRandomContext(const FastRandomContext&) = delete;
+ FastRandomContext(FastRandomContext&&) = delete;
+ FastRandomContext& operator=(const FastRandomContext&) = delete;
+
+ /** Move a FastRandomContext. If the original one is used again, it will be reseeded. */
+ FastRandomContext& operator=(FastRandomContext&& from) noexcept;
+
/** Generate a random 64-bit integer. */
uint64_t rand64()
{
@@ -130,6 +138,29 @@ public:
inline uint64_t operator()() { return rand64(); }
};
+/** More efficient than using std::shuffle on a FastRandomContext.
+ *
+ * This is more efficient as std::shuffle will consume entropy in groups of
+ * 64 bits at the time and throw away most.
+ *
+ * This also works around a bug in libstdc++ std::shuffle that may cause
+ * type::operator=(type&&) to be invoked on itself, which the library's
+ * debug mode detects and panics on. This is a known issue, see
+ * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22915325/avoiding-self-assignment-in-stdshuffle
+ */
+template<typename I, typename R>
+void Shuffle(I first, I last, R&& rng)
+{
+ while (first != last) {
+ size_t j = rng.randrange(last - first);
+ if (j) {
+ using std::swap;
+ swap(*first, *(first + j));
+ }
+ ++first;
+ }
+}
+
/* Number of random bytes returned by GetOSRand.
* When changing this constant make sure to change all call sites, and make
* sure that the underlying OS APIs for all platforms support the number.