Use seed_random() from randutils instead, and stop generating new seed
when it does not have to happen
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
---
sys-utils/ipcmk.c | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcmk.c b/sys-utils/ipcmk.c
index a862ba1..9b943b7 100644
--- a/sys-utils/ipcmk.c
+++ b/sys-utils/ipcmk.c
@@ -34,30 +34,23 @@
#include "nls.h"
#include "strutils.h"
#include "closestream.h"
-
-static key_t create_key(void)
-{
- struct timeval now;
- gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
- srandom(now.tv_usec);
- return random();
-}
+#include "randutils.h"
static int create_shm(size_t size, int permission)
{
- key_t key = create_key();
+ key_t key = random();
return shmget(key, size, permission | IPC_CREAT);
}
static int create_msg(int permission)
{
- key_t key = create_key();
+ key_t key = random();
return msgget(key, permission | IPC_CREAT);
}
static int create_sem(int nsems, int permission)
{
- key_t key = create_key();
+ key_t key = random();
return semget(key, nsems, permission | IPC_CREAT);
}
@@ -100,6 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
textdomain(PACKAGE);
atexit(close_stdout);
+ seed_random();
while((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hM:QS:p:Vh", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
switch(opt) {
--
1.8.1
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