[libvirt] [PATCH] tests: mock virRandomBits to make it endian stable

Daniel P. Berrangé berrange at redhat.com
Thu Aug 2 13:27:30 UTC 2018


On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 08:17:25AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/02/2018 06:37 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > virRandomBits is implemented in terms of virRandomBytes. Although we
> > mock virRandomBytes to give a stable value, this is not sufficient to
> > make virRandomBits give a stable value. The result of virRandomBits will
> > vary depending on endianness. Thus we mock virRandomBits to return a
> > stable value directly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> > ---
> 
> > +uint64_t virRandomBits(int nbits)
> > +{
> > +    /* Chosen by a fair roll of a 2^64 sided dice */
> 
> Where do I get my hands on one of those?  :)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>

Thanks, this is now pushed


Regards,
Daniel
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