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On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:18:39AM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote:
 > 
 > Here's a patch that improves slightly the coverage in perf_event_open().
 > 
 > It handles cache events and breakpoint events.
 > 
 > perf_event_open() is such a complicated syscall it's fairly unlikely to 
 > generate a valid event randomly, even with these changes.
 > 
 > Also a question: is there a way to easily generate a 64-bit random number?
 > >From what I can tell rand() only generates a 32-bit one?

I was going to wait until I get back from vacation, but
your comment persuaded me to push out what's in my
current tree.  check out rand64.

totally untested so far beyond compile testing.
more when I get back on Tuesday.

	Dave


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