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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/rand.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/rand.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cf7dde85 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/rand.3 @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information +.\" Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $OpenBSD: rand.3,v 1.21 2022/03/29 18:15:52 naddy Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 29 2022 $ +.Dt RAND 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm rand , +.Nm rand_r , +.Nm srand , +.Nm srand_deterministic +.Nd bad pseudo-random number generator +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdlib.h +.Ft void +.Fn srand "unsigned int seed" +.Ft void +.Fn srand_deterministic "unsigned int seed" +.Ft int +.Fn rand void +.Ft int +.Fn rand_r "unsigned int *seed" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +Standards insist that this interface return deterministic results. +Unsafe usage is very common, so +.Ox +changed the subsystem to return non-deterministic results by default. +.Ef +.Pp +To satisfy portable code, +.Fn srand +may be called to initialize the subsystem. +In +.Ox +the +.Ar seed +variable is ignored, and strong random number results will be provided from +.Xr arc4random 3 . +In other systems, the +.Ar seed +variable primes a simplistic deterministic algorithm. +.Pp +If the standardized behavior is required +.Fn srand_deterministic +can be substituted for +.Fn srand , +then subsequent +.Fn rand +calls will return results using the deterministic algorithm. +The deterministic sequence algorithm changed a number of times since +original development, is underspecified, and should not be relied upon to +remain consistent between platforms and over time. +.Pp +The +.Fn rand +function returns a result in the range of 0 to +.Dv RAND_MAX . +By default, this result comes from +.Xr arc4random 3 . +If +.Fn srand_deterministic +was called, the result will be computed using the deterministic algorithm. +.Pp +The +.Fn rand_r +function is a thread-safe version of +.Fn rand . +Storage for the seed must be provided through the +.Fa seed +argument, and needs to have been initialized by the caller. +It always operates using the deterministic algorithm. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arc4random 3 , +.Xr rand48 3 , +.Xr random 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn rand +function conforms to +.St -ansiC . +.Pp +The +.Fn rand_r +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2008 . +.Pp +The +.Fn srand +function does not conform to +.St -ansiC , +intentionally. +.Pp +The +.Fn srand_deterministic +function is an +.Ox +extension. +.Sh HISTORY +The functions +.Fn rand +and +.Fn srand +first appeared in +.At v3 . |
