random.h

// Copyright 2020 The Pigweed Authors
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#pragma once
 
#include <climits>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <limits>
 
#include "pw_assert/assert.h"
#include "pw_bytes/span.h"
#include "pw_span/span.h"
#include "pw_status/status_with_size.h"
 
namespace pw::random {
 
 
class RandomGenerator {
 public:
  virtual ~RandomGenerator() = default;
 
  template <class T>
  void GetInt(T& dest) {
    static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value,
                  "Use Get() for non-integral types");
    Get({reinterpret_cast<std::byte*>(&dest), sizeof(T)});
  }
 
  template <class T>
  void GetInt(T& dest, const T& exclusive_upper_bound) {
    static_assert(std::is_unsigned_v<T>, "T must be an unsigned integer");
    PW_ASSERT(exclusive_upper_bound != 0);
 
    if (exclusive_upper_bound < 2) {
      dest = 0;
      return;
    }
 
    const uint8_t leading_zeros_in_upper_bound =
        CountLeadingZeros(exclusive_upper_bound);
 
    // Create a mask that discards the higher order bits of the random number.
    const T mask =
        std::numeric_limits<T>::max() >> leading_zeros_in_upper_bound;
 
    // This loop should end fairly soon. It discards all the values that aren't
    // below exclusive_upper_bound. The probability of values being greater or
    // equal than exclusive_upper_bound is less than 1/2, which means that the
    // expected amount of iterations is less than 2.
    while (true) {
      GetInt(dest);
      dest &= mask;
      if (dest < exclusive_upper_bound) {
        return;
      }
    }
  }
 
  virtual void Get(ByteSpan dest) = 0;
 
  virtual void InjectEntropyBits(uint32_t data, uint_fast8_t num_bits) = 0;
 
  void InjectEntropy(ConstByteSpan data) {
    for (std::byte b : data) {
      InjectEntropyBits(std::to_integer<uint32_t>(b), /*num_bits=*/8);
    }
  }
 
 private:
  template <class T>
  uint8_t CountLeadingZeros(T value) {
    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, unsigned>) {
      return static_cast<uint8_t>(__builtin_clz(value));
    } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, unsigned long>) {
      return static_cast<uint8_t>(__builtin_clzl(value));
    } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, unsigned long long>) {
      return static_cast<uint8_t>(__builtin_clzll(value));
    } else {
      static_assert(sizeof(T) < sizeof(unsigned));
      // __builtin_clz returns the count of leading zeros in an unsigned , so we
      // need to subtract the size difference of T in bits.
      return static_cast<uint8_t>(__builtin_clz(value) -
                                  ((sizeof(unsigned) - sizeof(T)) * CHAR_BIT));
    }
  }
};
 
}  // namespace pw::random