rocksdb/util/random.h

//  Copyright (c) 2013, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
//  This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
//  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
//  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
//
// Copyright (c) 2011 The LevelDB Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.

#pragma once
#include <random>
#include <stdint.h>

namespace rocksdb {

// A very simple random number generator.  Not especially good at
// generating truly random bits, but good enough for our needs in this
// package.
class Random {
 private:
  uint32_t seed_;
 public:
  explicit Random(uint32_t s) : seed_(s & 0x7fffffffu) { }
  uint32_t Next() {
    static const uint32_t M = 2147483647L;   // 2^31-1
    static const uint64_t A = 16807;  // bits 14, 8, 7, 5, 2, 1, 0
    // We are computing
    //       seed_ = (seed_ * A) % M,    where M = 2^31-1
    //
    // seed_ must not be zero or M, or else all subsequent computed values
    // will be zero or M respectively.  For all other values, seed_ will end
    // up cycling through every number in [1,M-1]
    uint64_t product = seed_ * A;

    // Compute (product % M) using the fact that ((x << 31) % M) == x.
    seed_ = static_cast<uint32_t>((product >> 31) + (product & M));
    // The first reduction may overflow by 1 bit, so we may need to
    // repeat.  mod == M is not possible; using > allows the faster
    // sign-bit-based test.
    if (seed_ > M) {
      seed_ -= M;
    }
    return seed_;
  }
  // Returns a uniformly distributed value in the range [0..n-1]
  // REQUIRES: n > 0
  uint32_t Uniform(int n) { return Next() % n; }

  // Randomly returns true ~"1/n" of the time, and false otherwise.
  // REQUIRES: n > 0
  bool OneIn(int n) { return (Next() % n) == 0; }

  // Skewed: pick "base" uniformly from range [0,max_log] and then
  // return "base" random bits.  The effect is to pick a number in the
  // range [0,2^max_log-1] with exponential bias towards smaller numbers.
  uint32_t Skewed(int max_log) {
    return Uniform(1 << Uniform(max_log + 1));
  }
};

// A simple 64bit random number generator based on std::mt19937_64
class Random64 {
 private:
  std::mt19937_64 generator_;

 public:
  explicit Random64(uint64_t s) : generator_(s) { }

  // Generates the next random number
  uint64_t Next() { return generator_(); }

  // Returns a uniformly distributed value in the range [0..n-1]
  // REQUIRES: n > 0
  uint64_t Uniform(uint64_t n) {
    return std::uniform_int_distribution<uint64_t>(0, n - 1)(generator_);
  }

  // Randomly returns true ~"1/n" of the time, and false otherwise.
  // REQUIRES: n > 0
  bool OneIn(uint64_t n) { return Uniform(n) == 0; }

  // Skewed: pick "base" uniformly from range [0,max_log] and then
  // return "base" random bits.  The effect is to pick a number in the
  // range [0,2^max_log-1] with exponential bias towards smaller numbers.
  uint64_t Skewed(int max_log) {
    return Uniform(1 << Uniform(max_log + 1));
  }
};

}  // namespace rocksdb