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    "date": "2022-05-25T17:12:28",
    "name": "[v3,1/3] random: add rte_drand() funciton",
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        "name": "Stephen Hemminger",
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            "date": "2022-05-25T17:12:27",
            "name": "introduce random floating point function",
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        "From": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>",
        "To": "dev@dpdk.org",
        "Cc": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, =?utf-8?q?Mattias_R?=\n\t=?utf-8?q?=C3=B6nnblom?= <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>,\n Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH v3 1/3] random: add rte_drand() funciton",
        "Date": "Wed, 25 May 2022 10:12:28 -0700",
        "Message-Id": "<20220525171231.200035-2-stephen@networkplumber.org>",
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    "content": "The PIE code and other applications can benefit from having a\nfast way to get a random floating point value. This new function\nis equivalent to drand() in the standard library.\n\nSigned-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>\n---\n app/test/test_rand_perf.c              |  7 +++++++\n doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst |  5 +++++\n lib/eal/common/rte_random.c            | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++\n lib/eal/include/rte_random.h           | 18 ++++++++++++++++++\n lib/eal/version.map                    |  1 +\n 5 files changed, 55 insertions(+)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/app/test/test_rand_perf.c b/app/test/test_rand_perf.c\nindex fe797ebfa1ca..26fb1d9a586e 100644\n--- a/app/test/test_rand_perf.c\n+++ b/app/test/test_rand_perf.c\n@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static volatile uint64_t vsum;\n \n enum rand_type {\n \trand_type_64,\n+\trand_type_float,\n \trand_type_bounded_best_case,\n \trand_type_bounded_worst_case\n };\n@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ rand_type_desc(enum rand_type rand_type)\n \tswitch (rand_type) {\n \tcase rand_type_64:\n \t\treturn \"Full 64-bit [rte_rand()]\";\n+\tcase rand_type_float:\n+\t\treturn \"Floating point [rte_drand()]\";\n \tcase rand_type_bounded_best_case:\n \t\treturn \"Bounded average best-case [rte_rand_max()]\";\n \tcase rand_type_bounded_worst_case:\n@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ test_rand_perf_type(enum rand_type rand_type)\n \t\tcase rand_type_64:\n \t\t\tsum += rte_rand();\n \t\t\tbreak;\n+\t\tcase rand_type_float:\n+\t\t\tsum += 1000. * rte_drand();\n+\t\t\tbreak;\n \t\tcase rand_type_bounded_best_case:\n \t\t\tsum += rte_rand_max(BEST_CASE_BOUND);\n \t\t\tbreak;\n@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ test_rand_perf(void)\n \tprintf(\"Pseudo-random number generation latencies:\\n\");\n \n \ttest_rand_perf_type(rand_type_64);\n+\ttest_rand_perf_type(rand_type_float);\n \ttest_rand_perf_type(rand_type_bounded_best_case);\n \ttest_rand_perf_type(rand_type_bounded_worst_case);\n \ndiff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst\nindex e49cacecefd4..128d4fca85b3 100644\n--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst\n+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst\n@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ New Features\n   * ``RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_ATTR_WEIGHT``\n   * ``RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_ATTR_AFFINITY``\n \n+* ** Added function get random floating point number.**\n+\n+  Added the function ``rte_drand()`` to provide a pseudo-random\n+  floating point number.\n+\n \n Removed Items\n -------------\ndiff --git a/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c b/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c\nindex 4535cc980cec..a30bb104015b 100644\n--- a/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c\n+++ b/lib/eal/common/rte_random.c\n@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@\n #include <x86intrin.h>\n #endif\n #include <unistd.h>\n+#include <ieee754.h>\n \n #include <rte_branch_prediction.h>\n #include <rte_cycles.h>\n@@ -173,6 +174,29 @@ rte_rand_max(uint64_t upper_bound)\n \treturn res;\n }\n \n+double\n+rte_drand(void)\n+{\n+\tstruct rte_rand_state *state = __rte_rand_get_state();\n+\tunion ieee754_double u = {\n+\t\t.ieee = {\n+\t\t\t.negative = 0,\n+\t\t\t.exponent = IEEE754_DOUBLE_BIAS,\n+\t\t},\n+\t};\n+\tuint64_t val;\n+\n+\t/* Take 64 bit random value and put it into the mantissa\n+\t * This uses direct access to IEEE format to avoid doing\n+\t * any direct floating point math here.\n+\t */\n+\tval = __rte_rand_lfsr258(state);\n+\tu.ieee.mantissa0 = val >> 32;\n+\tu.ieee.mantissa1 = val;\n+\n+\treturn u.d - 1.0;\n+}\n+\n static uint64_t\n __rte_random_initial_seed(void)\n {\ndiff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_random.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_random.h\nindex 29f5f1325a30..f6541c2b0f08 100644\n--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_random.h\n+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_random.h\n@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ rte_rand(void);\n uint64_t\n rte_rand_max(uint64_t upper_bound);\n \n+/**\n+ * @warning\n+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice\n+ *\n+ * Generates a pseudo-random floating point number.\n+ *\n+ * This function returns a nonnegative double-precision floating random\n+ * number uniformly distributed over the interval [0.0, 1.0).\n+ *\n+ * The generator is not cryptographically secure.\n+ * If called from lcore threads, this function is thread-safe.\n+ *\n+ * @return\n+ *   A pseudo-random value between 0 and 1.0.\n+ */\n+__rte_experimental\n+double rte_drand(void);\n+\n #ifdef __cplusplus\n }\n #endif\ndiff --git a/lib/eal/version.map b/lib/eal/version.map\nindex d49e30bd042f..cfbade9a33e9 100644\n--- a/lib/eal/version.map\n+++ b/lib/eal/version.map\n@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {\n \trte_intr_type_set;\n \n \t# added in 22.07\n+\trte_drand;\n \trte_thread_get_affinity_by_id;\n \trte_thread_self;\n \trte_thread_set_affinity_by_id;\n",
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