The random number is already initialized to a better random seed during starup process. The calls to rte_srand() are redundant and actually make entropy worse.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> --- app/test/test_fib6_perf.c | 2 -- app/test/test_fib_perf.c | 2 -- app/test/test_hash_multiwriter.c | 2 -- app/test/test_lpm6_perf.c | 2 -- app/test/test_lpm_perf.c | 2 -- app/test/test_malloc.c | 2 -- app/test/test_memzone.c | 1 - app/test/test_reciprocal_division.c | 1 - app/test/test_reciprocal_division_perf.c | 2 -- 9 files changed, 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/test/test_fib6_perf.c b/app/test/test_fib6_perf.c index add20c2331b1..f5c06b4fc9d0 100644 --- a/app/test/test_fib6_perf.c +++ b/app/test/test_fib6_perf.c @@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ test_fib6_perf(void) conf.trie.nh_sz = RTE_FIB6_TRIE_4B; conf.trie.num_tbl8 = RTE_MIN(get_max_nh(conf.trie.nh_sz), 1000000U); - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); - printf("No. routes = %u\n", (unsigned int) NUM_ROUTE_ENTRIES); print_route_distribution(large_route_table, diff --git a/app/test/test_fib_perf.c b/app/test/test_fib_perf.c index b56293e64f41..fcf8d222d90a 100644 --- a/app/test/test_fib_perf.c +++ b/app/test/test_fib_perf.c @@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ test_fib_perf(void) int status = 0; int64_t count = 0; - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); - generate_large_route_rule_table(); printf("No. routes = %u\n", (unsigned int) NUM_ROUTE_ENTRIES); diff --git a/app/test/test_hash_multiwriter.c b/app/test/test_hash_multiwriter.c index 0c5a8ca18607..3b70157b433b 100644 --- a/app/test/test_hash_multiwriter.c +++ b/app/test/test_hash_multiwriter.c @@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ test_hash_multiwriter(void) tbl_multiwriter_test_params.nb_tsx_insertion) * tbl_multiwriter_test_params.nb_tsx_insertion; - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); - keys = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(uint32_t) * nb_entries, 0); if (keys == NULL) { diff --git a/app/test/test_lpm6_perf.c b/app/test/test_lpm6_perf.c index 5b684686a687..2e79655aa89c 100644 --- a/app/test/test_lpm6_perf.c +++ b/app/test/test_lpm6_perf.c @@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ test_lpm6_perf(void) config.number_tbl8s = NUMBER_TBL8S; config.flags = 0; - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); - printf("No. routes = %u\n", (unsigned) NUM_ROUTE_ENTRIES); print_route_distribution(large_route_table, (uint32_t) NUM_ROUTE_ENTRIES); diff --git a/app/test/test_lpm_perf.c b/app/test/test_lpm_perf.c index e72437ba3850..dcc2eb375ae9 100644 --- a/app/test/test_lpm_perf.c +++ b/app/test/test_lpm_perf.c @@ -605,8 +605,6 @@ test_lpm_perf(void) uint64_t cache_line_counter = 0; int64_t count = 0; - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); - generate_large_route_rule_table(); printf("No. routes = %u\n", (unsigned) NUM_ROUTE_ENTRIES); diff --git a/app/test/test_malloc.c b/app/test/test_malloc.c index ff081dd93139..b1d8be1e0491 100644 --- a/app/test/test_malloc.c +++ b/app/test/test_malloc.c @@ -692,8 +692,6 @@ test_random_alloc_free(void *_ __rte_unused) unsigned i; unsigned count = 0; - rte_srand((unsigned)rte_rdtsc()); - for (i = 0; i < N; i++){ unsigned free_mem = 0; size_t allocated_size; diff --git a/app/test/test_memzone.c b/app/test/test_memzone.c index f10f4fd9cd39..dd42f783c7ce 100644 --- a/app/test/test_memzone.c +++ b/app/test/test_memzone.c @@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ test_memzone_reserve_max_aligned(void) socket = rte_socket_id_by_idx(i); /* random alignment */ - rte_srand((unsigned int)rte_rdtsc()); const unsigned int align = 1 << ((rte_rand() % 8) + 5); /* from 128 up to 4k alignment */ /* memzone size may be between size and size - align */ diff --git a/app/test/test_reciprocal_division.c b/app/test/test_reciprocal_division.c index 8ea9b1d24d27..c70b90d2f4d7 100644 --- a/app/test/test_reciprocal_division.c +++ b/app/test/test_reciprocal_division.c @@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ test_reciprocal(void) struct rte_reciprocal reci_u32 = {0}; struct rte_reciprocal_u64 reci_u64 = {0}; - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); printf("Validating unsigned 32bit division.\n"); for (i = 0; i < MAX_ITERATIONS; i++) { /* Change divisor every DIVIDE_ITER iterations. */ diff --git a/app/test/test_reciprocal_division_perf.c b/app/test/test_reciprocal_division_perf.c index 4f625873e53a..3d25be71cae5 100644 --- a/app/test/test_reciprocal_division_perf.c +++ b/app/test/test_reciprocal_division_perf.c @@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ test_reciprocal_division_perf(void) struct rte_reciprocal reci_u32 = {0}; struct rte_reciprocal_u64 reci_u64 = {0}; - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); - printf("Validating unsigned 32bit division.\n"); for (i = 0; i < MAX_ITERATIONS; i++) { /* Change divisor every DIVIDE_ITER iterations. */ -- 2.39.2