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//===-- Implementation of rand --------------------------------------------===//
//
// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#include "src/stdlib/rand.h"
#include "src/__support/common.h"
#include "src/__support/threads/sleep.h"
#include "src/stdlib/rand_util.h"

namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {

// An implementation of the xorshift64star pseudo random number generator. This
// is a good general purpose generator for most non-cryptographics applications.
LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, rand, (void)) {
  unsigned long orig = rand_next.load(cpp::MemoryOrder::RELAXED);
  for (;;) {
    unsigned long x = orig;
    x ^= x >> 12;
    x ^= x << 25;
    x ^= x >> 27;
    if (rand_next.compare_exchange_strong(orig, x, cpp::MemoryOrder::ACQUIRE,
                                          cpp::MemoryOrder::RELAXED))
      return static_cast<int>((x * 0x2545F4914F6CDD1Dul) >> 32) & RAND_MAX;
    sleep_briefly();
  }
}

} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE