1 : /*
2 : ** 2001 September 15
3 : **
4 : ** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of
5 : ** a legal notice, here is a blessing:
6 : **
7 : ** May you do good and not evil.
8 : ** May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
9 : ** May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
10 : **
11 : *************************************************************************
12 : ** This file contains code to implement a pseudo-random number
13 : ** generator (PRNG) for SQLite.
14 : **
15 : ** Random numbers are used by some of the database backends in order
16 : ** to generate random integer keys for tables or random filenames.
17 : **
18 : ** $Id: random.c 195361 2005-09-07 15:11:33Z iliaa $
19 : */
20 : #include "sqliteInt.h"
21 : #include "os.h"
22 :
23 :
24 : /*
25 : ** Get a single 8-bit random value from the RC4 PRNG. The Mutex
26 : ** must be held while executing this routine.
27 : **
28 : ** Why not just use a library random generator like lrand48() for this?
29 : ** Because the OP_NewRecno opcode in the VDBE depends on having a very
30 : ** good source of random numbers. The lrand48() library function may
31 : ** well be good enough. But maybe not. Or maybe lrand48() has some
32 : ** subtle problems on some systems that could cause problems. It is hard
33 : ** to know. To minimize the risk of problems due to bad lrand48()
34 : ** implementations, SQLite uses this random number generator based
35 : ** on RC4, which we know works very well.
36 : */
37 127 : static int randomByte(){
38 : unsigned char t;
39 :
40 : /* All threads share a single random number generator.
41 : ** This structure is the current state of the generator.
42 : */
43 : static struct {
44 : unsigned char isInit; /* True if initialized */
45 : unsigned char i, j; /* State variables */
46 : unsigned char s[256]; /* State variables */
47 : } prng;
48 :
49 : /* Initialize the state of the random number generator once,
50 : ** the first time this routine is called. The seed value does
51 : ** not need to contain a lot of randomness since we are not
52 : ** trying to do secure encryption or anything like that...
53 : **
54 : ** Nothing in this file or anywhere else in SQLite does any kind of
55 : ** encryption. The RC4 algorithm is being used as a PRNG (pseudo-random
56 : ** number generator) not as an encryption device.
57 : */
58 127 : if( !prng.isInit ){
59 : int i;
60 : char k[256];
61 89 : prng.j = 0;
62 89 : prng.i = 0;
63 89 : sqliteOsRandomSeed(k);
64 22873 : for(i=0; i<256; i++){
65 22784 : prng.s[i] = i;
66 : }
67 22873 : for(i=0; i<256; i++){
68 22784 : prng.j += prng.s[i] + k[i];
69 22784 : t = prng.s[prng.j];
70 22784 : prng.s[prng.j] = prng.s[i];
71 22784 : prng.s[i] = t;
72 : }
73 89 : prng.isInit = 1;
74 : }
75 :
76 : /* Generate and return single random byte
77 : */
78 127 : prng.i++;
79 127 : t = prng.s[prng.i];
80 127 : prng.j += t;
81 127 : prng.s[prng.i] = prng.s[prng.j];
82 127 : prng.s[prng.j] = t;
83 127 : t += prng.s[prng.i];
84 127 : return prng.s[t];
85 : }
86 :
87 : /*
88 : ** Return N random bytes.
89 : */
90 101 : void sqliteRandomness(int N, void *pBuf){
91 101 : unsigned char *zBuf = pBuf;
92 101 : sqliteOsEnterMutex();
93 329 : while( N-- ){
94 127 : *(zBuf++) = randomByte();
95 : }
96 101 : sqliteOsLeaveMutex();
97 101 : }
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