From: Ben Schmidt <none@none>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:25:36 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: Makes random number generation more efficient by only seeding the
X-Git-Tag: RELEASE_1_2_18a1~126
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=31d3b436bbc08e43f534f7cc58033db4634a3063;p=thirdparty%2Fmlmmj.git

Makes random number generation more efficient by only seeding the
generator once
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a2aafe1..535072f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ o Make random number generation more efficient by only seeding the
+   generator once
  o Added feature to notify users when their posts are moderated
  o Fixed documentation regarding silent subscription, and added
    ability to silently subscribe
diff --git a/src/random-int.c b/src/random-int.c
index b8db32c4..de143816 100644
--- a/src/random-int.c
+++ b/src/random-int.c
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@
 
 int random_int()
 {
+	static int init = 0;
 	unsigned int seed;
 	int devrandom;
 	unsigned char ch;
 
+	if (init) return rand();
+
 	seed = (unsigned int)time(NULL);
 
 	devrandom = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ int random_int()
 	}
 
 	srand(seed);
+	init = 1;
 
 	return rand();
 }