util: Move bitwise_copy() here, add new bitwise functions, add a test.

bitwise_copy() is generally useful so make it a general utility function.
Also add a comment.

Upcoming commits will introduce users for the new functions.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/random.c b/lib/random.c
index a802bc743..911ebf304 100644
--- a/lib/random.c
+++ b/lib/random.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira Networks.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ random_uint32(void)
     return random_next();
 }
 
+uint64_t
+random_uint64(void)
+{
+    uint64_t x;
+
+    random_init();
+
+    x = random_next();
+    x |= (uint64_t) random_next() << 32;
+    return x;
+}
+
 int
 random_range(int max)
 {