pkg/random/random.go
Alexander Morozov fb13942b1e Add global instance of *(math/rand).Rand and Reader
You can read random bytes from Reader without exhausting entropy.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Morozov <lk4d4@docker.com>
2015-07-28 22:30:57 -07:00

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package random
import (
"io"
"math/rand"
"sync"
"time"
)
// Rand is a global *rand.Rand instance, which initilized with NewSource() source.
var Rand = rand.New(NewSource())
// Reader is a global, shared instance of a pseudorandom bytes generator.
// It doesn't consume entropy.
var Reader io.Reader = &reader{rnd: Rand}
// copypaste from standard math/rand
type lockedSource struct {
lk sync.Mutex
src rand.Source
}
func (r *lockedSource) Int63() (n int64) {
r.lk.Lock()
n = r.src.Int63()
r.lk.Unlock()
return
}
func (r *lockedSource) Seed(seed int64) {
r.lk.Lock()
r.src.Seed(seed)
r.lk.Unlock()
}
// NewSource returns math/rand.Source safe for concurrent use and initialized
// with current unix-nano timestamp
func NewSource() rand.Source {
return &lockedSource{
src: rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()),
}
}
type reader struct {
rnd *rand.Rand
}
func (r *reader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
i := 0
for {
val := r.rnd.Int63()
for val > 0 {
b[i] = byte(val)
i++
if i == len(b) {
return i, nil
}
val >>= 8
}
}
}