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authorPatrick Monnerat <Patrick.Monnerat@datasphere.ch>2009-06-15 10:15:28 +0000
committerPatrick Monnerat <Patrick.Monnerat@datasphere.ch>2009-06-15 10:15:28 +0000
commitc32cf33a16d31eeff9a66a1e73ce58b6791dd54d (patch)
tree2bc84bda3677164e0cc0c9736e2854eb7cf81e56 /lib
parent7eb59de7df14c48c8a38b9628a662baa0f61847f (diff)
Replaced use of standard C library rand()/srand() by our own pseudo-random number generator.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/easy.c5
-rw-r--r--lib/formdata.c35
-rw-r--r--lib/formdata.h3
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index 70aa5a097..10b1bd3ee 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
#include "http_ntlm.h"
#include "connect.h" /* for Curl_getconnectinfo */
#include "slist.h"
+#include "formdata.h" /* For Curl_srand(). */
#define _MPRINTF_REPLACE /* use our functions only */
#include <curl/mprintf.h>
@@ -289,6 +290,10 @@ CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags)
init_flags = flags;
+ /* Preset pseudo-random number sequence. */
+
+ Curl_srand();
+
return CURLE_OK;
}
diff --git a/lib/formdata.c b/lib/formdata.c
index f2a4892bf..8538e9f91 100644
--- a/lib/formdata.c
+++ b/lib/formdata.c
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="FILECONTENT"
/* Length of the random boundary string. */
#define BOUNDARY_LENGTH 40
+/* Private pseudo-random number seed. Unsigned integer >= 32bit. Threads
+ mutual exclusion is not implemented to acess it since we do not require
+ high quality random numbers (only used in form boudary generation). */
+
+static unsigned int randseed;
+
#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) || defined(USE_SSLEAY)
#include <stdio.h>
@@ -1597,6 +1603,8 @@ int main(int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
(void) argc;
(void) argv;
+ Curl_srand(); /* Because we do not call curl_global_init() here. */
+
if(FormAddTest("simple COPYCONTENTS test", &httppost, &last_post,
CURLFORM_COPYNAME, name1, CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, value1,
CURLFORM_END))
@@ -1733,8 +1741,6 @@ void curl_formfree(struct curl_httppost *form)
char *Curl_FormBoundary(void)
{
char *retstring;
- static int randomizer; /* this is just so that two boundaries within
- the same form won't be identical */
size_t i;
static const char table16[]="0123456789abcdef";
@@ -1744,12 +1750,10 @@ char *Curl_FormBoundary(void)
if(!retstring)
return NULL; /* failed */
- srand((unsigned int)time(NULL)+randomizer++); /* seed */
-
strcpy(retstring, "----------------------------");
for(i=strlen(retstring); i<BOUNDARY_LENGTH; i++)
- retstring[i] = table16[rand()%16];
+ retstring[i] = table16[Curl_rand()%16];
/* 28 dashes and 12 hexadecimal digits makes 12^16 (184884258895036416)
combinations */
@@ -1759,3 +1763,24 @@ char *Curl_FormBoundary(void)
}
#endif /* !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) || defined(USE_SSLEAY) */
+
+/* Pseudo-random number support. This is always enabled, since called from
+ curl_global_init(). */
+
+unsigned int Curl_rand(void)
+{
+ unsigned int r;
+ /* Return an unsigned 32-bit pseudo-random number. */
+ r = randseed = randseed * 1103515245 + 12345;
+ return (r << 16) | ((r >> 16) & 0xFFFF);
+}
+
+void Curl_srand(void)
+{
+ /* Randomize pseudo-random number sequence. */
+
+ randseed = (unsigned int) time(NULL);
+ Curl_rand();
+ Curl_rand();
+ Curl_rand();
+}
diff --git a/lib/formdata.h b/lib/formdata.h
index 04f139322..0d9400a15 100644
--- a/lib/formdata.h
+++ b/lib/formdata.h
@@ -97,5 +97,8 @@ void Curl_formclean(struct FormData **);
CURLcode Curl_formconvert(struct SessionHandle *, struct FormData *);
+void Curl_srand(void);
+unsigned int Curl_rand(void);
+
#endif