From: Wilco Dijkstra <wilco.dijkstra@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:18:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: stdlib: Add single-threaded fast path to rand()
X-Git-Tag: glibc-2.42~450
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=be0cfd848d9ad7378800d6302bc11467cf2b514f;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git

stdlib: Add single-threaded fast path to rand()

Improve performance of rand() and __random() by adding a single-threaded
fast path.  Bench-random-lock shows about 5x speedup on Neoverse V1.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/stdlib/random.c b/stdlib/random.c
index 17cc61ba8f..5d482a8570 100644
--- a/stdlib/random.c
+++ b/stdlib/random.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
    SUCH DAMAGE.*/
 
 #include <libc-lock.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -288,6 +289,12 @@ __random (void)
 {
   int32_t retval;
 
+  if (SINGLE_THREAD_P)
+    {
+      (void) __random_r (&unsafe_state, &retval);
+      return retval;
+    }
+
   __libc_lock_lock (lock);
 
   (void) __random_r (&unsafe_state, &retval);