sfc64.h

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/**
 * @file
 * simple Pseudo Random Number Generator
 *
 * This is a implementation of SFC64, a 64-bit PRNG by Chris Doty-Humphrey.
 *
 * This Generator is much faster (0m1.872s) than 64bit KISS (0m3.823s) and PCG-XSH-RR-64/32 (0m2.700s)
 * And passes testu01 and practrand test suits.
 */
 
#ifndef AVUTIL_SFC64_H
#define AVUTIL_SFC64_H
 
#include <inttypes.h>
 
typedef struct FFSFC64 {
    uint64_t a,b,c,counter;
} FFSFC64;
 
static inline uint64_t ff_sfc64_get(FFSFC64 *s) {
    uint64_t tmp = s->a + s->b + s->counter++;
    s->a = s->b ^ (s->b >> 11);
    s->b = s->c + (s->c << 3); // This is a multiply by 9
    s->c = (s->c << 24 | s->c >> 40) + tmp;
    return tmp;
}
 
/**
 * Return the previous random value, and step the generator backward.
 *
 * It is safe to take values before the first, but such values can be highly
 * correlated to the seeds.
 */
static inline uint64_t ff_sfc64_reverse_get(FFSFC64 *s) {
    uint64_t prev_c = s->b * 0x8E38E38E38E38E39;
    uint64_t tmp = s->c - (prev_c << 24 | prev_c >> 40);
    s->b = s->a ^ (s->a >> 11);
    s->b ^= s->b >> 22;
    s->b ^= s->b >> 44;
 
    s->a = tmp - s->b - --s->counter;
    s->c = prev_c;
 
    return tmp;
}
 
/**
 * Initialize sfc64 with up to 3 seeds.
 *
 * @param rounds number of rounds mixing up state during init. Generally 8-18, larger numbers will help with bad quality seeds.
 *               12 is a good choice if all 3 seeds are equal
 *
 */
static inline void ff_sfc64_init(FFSFC64 *s, uint64_t seeda, uint64_t seedb, uint64_t seedc, int rounds) {
    s->a       = seeda;
    s->b       = seedb;
    s->c       = seedc;
    s->counter = 1;
    while (rounds--)
        ff_sfc64_get(s);
}
 
#endif // AVUTIL_SFC64_H