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libsec/fastrand.c

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+#include	<u.h>
+#include	<libc.h>
+#include	<libsec.h>
+
+/* 
+ *  use the X917 random number generator to create random
+ *  numbers (faster than truerand() but not as random).
+ */
+ulong
+fastrand(void)
+{
+	ulong x;
+	
+	genrandom((uchar*)&x, sizeof x);
+	return x;
+}