Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:31:48 -1000 From: juli mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c Message-ID: <20050623003148.GA55179@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <20050623002734.GE37620@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200506221524.j5MFO1V1045648@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050623002734.GE37620@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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* Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-06-22 ]
[ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/games/random random.c ]
> On Wednesday, 22 June 2005 at 15:24:00 +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> > jhb 2005-06-22 15:24:00 UTC
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> > games/random random.c
> > Log:
> > Correct an error in the previous revision. RAND_MAX is the maximum value
> > for rand(3), not random(3). random(3) is defined to return values between
> > 0 and 2^31-1, so add a local RANDOM_MAX constant to this file that is
> > defined as 2^31-1 and use that in place of RAND_MAX.
>
> How much effect did this bug have on the results of random(3)?
How would a bug in random(6) bounds checking affect the results
of random(3)?
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