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coinflip/src/main.c

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C

#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/random.h>
#include <time.h>
#define error(ret, s, ...) \
do { \
fprintf(stderr, (s)__VA_OPT__(, __VA_ARGS__)); \
exit(ret); \
} while (0)
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef struct dynrdat {
size_t cap;
ull dat[];
} dynrdat;
static inline ull pow2_ceil(ull x) {
x -= !!x; // if x=0, remains 0; else x -= 1
int lz = __builtin_clzll(x | 1); // get leading zeroes
return (~0ULL >> lz) + 1; // bit-shift the maximum value by this amount of leading zeroes
}
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
// return the result if no input
if (argc <= 1) return printf("%s\n", (clock() & 1) ? "heads" : "tails");
dynrdat* rdat = NULL;
// loop through arguments
for (unsigned i = 1; i < (unsigned)argc; ++i) {
// parse the argument
errno = 0;
ull c = strtoull(argv[i], NULL, 10);
if (errno != 0) error(errno, "parse error for string: '%s'\n", argv[i]);
// acquire random data (compiler will optimize MOD and DIV away since they're both base-2 constant values)
int mod = c % (sizeof(ull) * 8); // get the remainder of the available random bits
c = c / (sizeof(ull) * 8); // compute our "word count"
// dynamically scale the array to our needs, ensuring 2^n scaling
size_t cap = pow2_ceil(c + !!mod);
if (!rdat || rdat->cap < cap) {
void* ptr = realloc(rdat, sizeof(dynrdat) + sizeof(ull) * cap);
if (!ptr) {
free(rdat);
error(1, "insufficient memory\n", );
}
rdat = ptr;
rdat->cap = cap;
}
// populate the array with random data
if (getrandom(rdat->dat, (c + !!mod) * sizeof(ull), 0) < 0)
error(1, "failed to acquire random data!\n", );
// perform for the input count
ull headsc = 0; // amount of heads
ull tailsc = 0; // amount of tails
// loop through how many full words there are available
ull* n = rdat->dat; // initialize the pointer to the start of our random data
for (; n < (rdat->dat + c); n++) {
int cnt = __builtin_popcountll(*n); // counts the set bits
headsc += cnt;
tailsc += sizeof(ull) * 8 - cnt;
}
// if there is a remainder, use the last N to get this
if (mod) {
ull msk = (1 << mod) - 1; // get a mask with the set word size
int cnt = __builtin_popcountll(*n & msk);
headsc += cnt;
tailsc += mod - cnt;
}
// print the results of this cycle
printf("results:\n heads: %llu\n tails: %llu\n", headsc, tailsc);
}
free(rdat);
return 0;
}