Add a function to return a double in range [0,1).

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/crypto.c b/src/common/crypto.c
index 1a1dad616c..23e2a429f5 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto.c
@@ -2056,6 +2056,21 @@ crypto_rand_uint64(uint64_t max)
   }
 }
 
+/** Return a pseudorandom double d, chosen uniformly from the range
+ * 0.0 <= d < 1.0.
+ */
+double
+crypto_rand_double(void)
+{
+  /* We just use an unsigned int here; we don't really care about getting
+   * more than 32 bits of resolution */
+  unsigned int uint;
+  do {
+    crypto_rand((char*)&uint, sizeof(uint));
+  } while (uint == UINT_MAX);
+  return ((double)uint) / (double)UINT_MAX;
+}
+
 /** Generate and return a new random hostname starting with <b>prefix</b>,
  * ending with <b>suffix</b>, and containing no less than
  * <b>min_rand_len</b> and no more than <b>max_rand_len</b> random base32
diff --git a/src/common/crypto.h b/src/common/crypto.h
index 1b004dd4b8..a30e5bcbae 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.h
+++ b/src/common/crypto.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ int crypto_seed_rng(int startup);
 int crypto_rand(char *to, size_t n);
 int crypto_rand_int(unsigned int max);
 uint64_t crypto_rand_uint64(uint64_t max);
+double crypto_rand_double(void);
 
 char *crypto_random_hostname(int min_rand_len, int max_rand_len,
                              const char *prefix, const char *suffix);