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[libc] Always use a non-zero seed for the (non-crypto) RNG

The non-cryptographic RNG implemented by random() has the property
that a seed value of zero will result in a generated sequence of
all-zero values.  This situation can arise if currticks() returns zero
at start of day.

Work around this problem by falling back to a fixed non-zero seed if
necessary.

This has no effect on the separate DRBG used by cryptographic code.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
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Michael Brown 2016-06-09 08:39:25 +01:00
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@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ static int32_t rnd_seed = 0;
*/
void srandom ( unsigned int seed ) {
rnd_seed = seed;
if ( ! rnd_seed )
rnd_seed = 4; /* Chosen by fair dice roll */
}
/**