lighthouse/beacon_chain/utils/vec_shuffle/src/rng.rs
2018-12-12 21:56:28 -08:00

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use super::hashing::canonical_hash;
const SEED_SIZE_BYTES: usize = 32;
const RAND_BYTES: usize = 3; // 24 / 8
const RAND_MAX: u32 = 16_777_215; // 2 ** (rand_bytes * 8) - 1
/// A pseudo-random number generator which given a seed
/// uses successive blake2s hashing to generate "entropy".
pub struct ShuffleRng {
seed: Vec<u8>,
idx: usize,
pub rand_max: u32,
}
impl ShuffleRng {
/// Create a new instance given some "seed" bytes.
pub fn new(initial_seed: &[u8]) -> Self {
Self {
seed: canonical_hash(initial_seed),
idx: 0,
rand_max: RAND_MAX,
}
}
/// "Regenerates" the seed by hashing it.
fn rehash_seed(&mut self) {
self.seed = canonical_hash(&self.seed);
self.idx = 0;
}
/// Extracts 3 bytes from the `seed`. Rehashes seed if required.
fn rand(&mut self) -> u32 {
self.idx += RAND_BYTES;
if self.idx >= SEED_SIZE_BYTES {
self.rehash_seed();
self.rand()
} else {
int_from_byte_slice(&self.seed, self.idx - RAND_BYTES)
}
}
/// Generate a random u32 below the specified maximum `n`.
///
/// Provides a filtered result from a higher-level rng, by discarding
/// results which may bias the output. Because of this, execution time is
/// not linear and may potentially be infinite.
pub fn rand_range(&mut self, n: u32) -> u32 {
assert!(n < RAND_MAX, "RAND_MAX exceed");
let mut x = self.rand();
while x >= self.rand_max - (self.rand_max % n) {
x = self.rand();
}
x % n
}
}
/// Reads the next three bytes of `source`, starting from `offset` and
/// interprets those bytes as a 24 bit big-endian integer.
/// Returns that integer.
fn int_from_byte_slice(source: &[u8], offset: usize) -> u32 {
(u32::from(source[offset + 2]))
| (u32::from(source[offset + 1]) << 8)
| (u32::from(source[offset]) << 16)
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn test_shuffling_int_from_slice() {
let mut x = int_from_byte_slice(&[0, 0, 1], 0);
assert_eq!((x as u32), 1);
x = int_from_byte_slice(&[0, 1, 1], 0);
assert_eq!(x, 257);
x = int_from_byte_slice(&[1, 1, 1], 0);
assert_eq!(x, 65793);
x = int_from_byte_slice(&[255, 1, 1], 0);
assert_eq!(x, 16711937);
x = int_from_byte_slice(&[255, 255, 255], 0);
assert_eq!(x, 16777215);
x = int_from_byte_slice(&[0x8f, 0xbb, 0xc7], 0);
assert_eq!(x, 9419719);
}
}