summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/hv.c
Commit message (Collapse)AuthorAgeFilesLines
* faster constant hash key lookups ($hash{const})David Mitchell2014-07-081-18/+89
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On something like $hash{constantstring}, at compile-time the PVX string on the SV attached to the OP_CONST is converted into a HEK (with an appropriate offset shift). At run-time on hash keying, this HEK is used to speed up the bucket search; however it turns out that this can be improved. Currently, the main bucket loop does: for (; entry; entry = HeNEXT(entry)) { if (HeHASH(entry) != hash) continue; if (HeKLEN(entry) != (I32)klen) continue; if (HeKEY(entry) != key && memNE(HeKEY(entry),key,klen)) continue; if ((HeKFLAGS(entry) ^ masked_flags) & HVhek_UTF8) continue; The 'HeKEY(entry) != key' test is the bit that allows us to skip the memNE() when 'key' is actually part of a HEK. However, this means that in the const HEK scenario, for a match, we do pointless hash, klen and HVhek_UTF8 tests, when HeKEY(entry) == key is sufficient for a match. Conversely, in the non-const-HEK scenario, the 'HeKEY(entry) != key' will always fail, and so it's just dead weight in the loop. To work around this, this commit splits the code into two separate bucket search loops; one for const-HEKs that just compare HEK pointers, and a general loop that now doesn't have do the 'HeKEY(entry) != key' test. Analysing this code with cachegrind shows that with this commit, lookups of constant keys that exist (e.g. the typical perl object scenario, $self->{somefield}) takes 15% less instruction reads in hv_common(), 14% less data reads and 27% less writes. A lookup with a non-existing constant key ($hash{not_exist}) is about the same as before (0.7% improvement). Non-constant existing lookup ($hash{$existing_key}) is about 5% less instructions, while $hash{$non_existing_key} is about 0.7%.
* Remove or downgrade unnecessary dVAR.Jarkko Hietaniemi2014-06-251-16/+4
| | | | | | | | You need to configure with g++ *and* -Accflags=-DPERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT or -Accflags=-DPERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT_PRIVATE to see any difference. (g++ does not do the "post-annotation" form of "unused".) The version code has some of these issues, reported upstream.
* Unused contexts found under PERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT.Jarkko Hietaniemi2014-06-241-0/+1
|
* PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT -> remove interp context where possibleDaniel Dragan2014-06-241-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Removing context params will save machine code in the callers of these functions, and 1 ptr of stack space. Some of these funcs are heavily used as mg_find*. The contexts can always be readded in the future the same way they were removed. This patch inspired by commit dc3bf40570. Also remove PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT when its not needed. See removal candidate rejection rational in [perl #122106]. -Perl_hv_backreferences_p uses context in S_hv_auxinit commit 96a5add60f was wrong -Perl_whichsig_sv and Perl_whichsig_pv wrongly used PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT from inception in commit 84c7b88cca -in authors opinion cast_* shouldn't be public API, no CPAN grep usage, can't be static and/or inline optimized since it is exported -Perl_my_unexec move to block where it is needed, make Win32 block, context free, for inlining likelyhood, private api and only 2 callers in core -Perl_my_dirfd make all blocks context free, then change proto -Perl_bytes_cmp_utf8 wrongly used PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT from inception in commit fed3ba5d6b
* Silence several -Wunused-parameter warnings about my_perlBrian Fraser2014-06-131-0/+2
| | | | | | | | This meant sprinkling some PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT invocations, as well as stopping some functions from getting my_perl in the first place; all of the functions in the latter category are internal (S_ prefix and s or i in embed.fnc), so this should be both safe and economical.
* Adding missing HEKfARG() invocationsBrian Fraser2014-06-131-3/+3
| | | | This silences a chunk of warnings under -Wformat
* perlapi: Include general informationKarl Williamson2014-06-051-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | Unlike other pod handling routines, autodoc requires the line following an =head1 to be non-empty for its text to be included in the paragraph started by the heading. If you fail to do this, silently the text will be omitted from perlapi. I went through the source code, and where it was apparent that the text was supposed to be in perlapi, deleted the empty line so it would be, with some revisions to make more sense. I added =cuts where I thought it best for the text to not be included.
* Cannot rotl u32 (hek_hash) by 64 bits.Jarkko Hietaniemi2014-05-281-1/+1
| | | | | | Fix for Coverity perl5 CID 28935: Operands don't affect result (CONSTANT_EXPRESSION_RESULT) result_independent_of_operands: (unsigned long)entry->hent_hek->hek_hash >> 47 /* 64 - 17 */ is 0 regardless of the values of its operands. This occurs as the bitwise second operand of '|'.
* Preallocate HvAUX() structures for large bucket arraysYves Orton2014-03-181-18/+43
| | | | | | | | | | | | The assumption is that the time/space tradeoff of not allocating the HvAUX() structure goes away for a large bucket array where the size of the allocated buffer is much larger than the nonallocated HvAUX() "extension". This should make keys() and each() on larger hashes faster, but still preserve the essence of the original space conservation, where the assumption is a lot of small hash based objects which will never be traversed.
* Split out part of hv_auxinit() so it can be reusedYves Orton2014-03-181-12/+18
| | | | | | Changes nothing except that it introduces hv_auxinit_interal() which does part of the job of hv_auxinit(), so that we can call it from somewhere else in the next commit.
* don't repeatedly call HvUSEDKEYSDaniel Dragan2014-03-101-2/+4
| | | | HvUSEDKEYS contains a function call nowadays. Don't call it repeatedly.
* make core safe against HvAUX() reallocDavid Mitchell2014-03-071-6/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since the HvAUX structure is just tacked onto the end of the HvARRAY() struct, code like this can do bad things: aux = HvAUX(); ... something that might split hv ... aux->foo = ...; /* SEGV! */ So I've visually audited core for places where HbAUX() is saved and then re-used, and re-initialised the var if it looks like HvARRAY() could have changed in the meantime. I've been very conservative about what might be unsafe. For example, destructors or __WARN__ handlers could call perl code that modifies the hash.
* add aux_flags field to HVs with aux structDavid Mitchell2014-02-281-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Add an extra U32 general flags field to the xpvhv_aux struct (which is used on HVs such as stashes, that need extra fields). On 64-bit systems, this doesn't consume any extra space since there's already an odd number of I32/U32 fields. On 32-bit systems it will consume an extra 4 bytes. But of course only on those hashes that have the aux struct. As well as providing extra flags in the AUX case, it will also allow us to free up at least one general flag bit for HVs - see next commit.
* Do not dereference hv before ensuring it's not NULLRafael Garcia-Suarez2014-02-191-1/+2
| | | | This should fix RT #116441 and possibly other bugs.
* Use NOT_REACHED in one spot in hv.cFather Chrysostomos2014-01-131-1/+1
| | | | This reduces the size of hv.o by 32 bytes under clang.
* perlapi: Consistent spaces after dotsFather Chrysostomos2013-12-291-6/+10
| | | | plus some typo fixes. I probably changed some things in perlintern, too.
* When deleting via hek, pass the computed hash valueFather Chrysostomos2013-10-281-13/+6
| | | | | | | In those cases where the hash key comes from a hek, we already have a computed hash value, so pass that to hv_common. The easiest way to accomplish this is to add a new macro.
* hv.c: Stop being ASCII-centricKarl Williamson2013-08-291-12/+22
| | | | | This uses macros which work cross-platform. This has the added advantge what is going on is much clearer.
* Move super cache into mro metaFather Chrysostomos2013-08-201-2/+1
| | | | | | | Iterated hashes shouldn’t have to allocate space for something specific to stashes, so move the SUPER method cache from the HvAUX struct (which all iterated hashes have) into the mro meta struct (which only stashes have).
* Don’t treat COWs specially in locked hashesFather Chrysostomos2013-08-111-3/+2
| | | | | | | This is left over from when READONLY+FAKE meant copy-on-write. Read-only copy-on-write scalars (which could not occur with the old way of flagging things) must not be exempt from hash key restrictions.
* [perl #72766] Allow huge pos() settingsFather Chrysostomos2013-07-231-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is part of #116907, too. It also fixes #72924 as a side effect; the next commit will explain. The value of pos($foo) was being stored as an I32, not allowing values above I32_MAX. Change it to SSize_t (the signed equivalent of size_t, representing the maximum string length the OS/compiler supports). This is accomplished by changing the size of the entry in the magic struct, which is the simplest fix. Other parts of the code base can benefit from this, too. We actually cast the pos value to STRLEN (size_t) when reading it, to allow *very* long strings. Only the value -1 is special, meaning there is no pos. So the maximum supported offset is 2**sizeof(size_t)-2. The regexp engine itself still cannot handle large strings, so being able to set pos to large values is useless right now. This is but one piece in a larger puzzle. Changing the size of mg->mg_len also requires that Perl_hv_placeholders_p change its type. This function should in fact not be in the API, since it exists solely to implement the HvPLACEHOLDERS macro. See <https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=116907#txn-1237043>.
* hv.c: Clarify uvar commentFather Chrysostomos2013-06-061-1/+2
| | | | It was not clear that it referred to uvar magic.
* Cache HvFILL() for larger hashes, and update on insertion/deletion.Nicholas Clark2013-05-291-18/+64
| | | | | | This avoids HvFILL() being O(n) for large n on large hashes, but also avoids storing the value of HvFILL() in smaller hashes (ie a memory overhead on every single object built using a hash.)
* Perl_hv_fill() can return early if the hash only has 0 or 1 keys.Nicholas Clark2013-05-271-0/+5
| | | | | | | No keys implies no chains used, so the return value is 0. One key unambiguously means 1 chain used, and all the others are free. Two or more keys might share the same chain, or might not, so the calculation can't be short-circuited.
* silence warnings under NO_TAINT_SUPPORTDavid Mitchell2013-05-091-1/+4
| | | | | The are lots of places where local vars aren't used when compiled with NO_TAINT_SUPPORT.
* Make it possible to disable and control hash key traversal randomizationYves Orton2013-05-071-21/+96
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adds support for PERL_PERTURB_KEYS environment variable, which in turn allows one to control the level of randomization applied to keys() and friends. When PERL_PERTURB_KEYS is 0 we will not randomize key order at all. The chance that keys() changes due to an insert will be the same as in previous perls, basically only when the bucket size is changed. When PERL_PERTURB_KEYS is 1 we will randomize keys in a non repeatedable way. The chance that keys() changes due to an insert will be very high. This is the most secure and default mode. When PERL_PERTURB_KEYS is 2 we will randomize keys in a repeatedable way. Repititive runs of the same program should produce the same output every time. The chance that keys changes due to an insert will be very high. This patch also makes PERL_HASH_SEED imply a non-default PERL_PERTURB_KEYS setting. Setting PERL_HASH_SEED=0 (exactly one 0) implies PERL_PERTURB_KEYS=0 (hash key randomization disabled), settng PERL_HASH_SEED to any other value, implies PERL_PERTURB_KEYS=2 (deterministic/repeatable hash key randomization). Specifying PERL_PERTURB_KEYS explicitly to a different level overrides this behavior. Includes changes to allow one to compile out various aspects of the patch. One can compile such that PERL_PERTURB_KEYS is not respected, or can compile without hash key traversal randomization at all. Note that support for these modes is incomplete, and currently a few tests will fail. Also includes a new subroutine in Hash::Util::hash_traversal_mask() which can be used to ensure a given hash produces a predictable key order (assuming the same hash seed is in effect). This sub acts as a getter and a setter. NOTE - this patch lacks tests, but I lack tuits to get them done quickly, so I am pushing this with the hope that others can add them afterwards.
* eliminate the only internal uses of HvFILLYves Orton2013-03-271-10/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The usages are as far as I know incorrect anyway. We resize the hash bucket array based on the number of keys it holds, not based on the number of buckets that are used, so this usage was wrong anyway. Another bug that this revealed is that the old code would allow HvMAX(hv) to fall to 0, even though every other part of the core expects it to have a minimum of 7 (meaning 8 buckets). As part of this we change the hard coded 7 to a defined constant PERL_HASH_DEFAULT_HvMAX. After this patch there remains one use of HvFILL in core, that used for scalar(%hash) which I plan to remove in a later patch.
* Add a commented out warning and a way for diag.t to ignore itYves Orton2013-03-241-0/+9
|
* improve iterator randomizationYves Orton2013-03-241-3/+4
|
* detect each() after insert and produce warnings when we doYves Orton2013-03-191-3/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Inserting into a hash that is being traversed with each() has always produced undefined behavior. With hash traversal randomization this is more pronounced, and at the same time relatively easy to spot. At the cost of an extra U32 in the xpvhv_aux structure we can detect that the xhv_rand has changed and then produce a warning if it has. It was suggested on IRC that this should produce a fatal error, but I couldn't see a clean way to manage that with "strict", it was much easier to create a "severe" (internal) warning, which is enabled by default but suppressible with C<no warnings "internal";> if people /really/ wanted.
* ensure that inserting into a hash causes its hash iteration order to changeYves Orton2013-03-191-1/+4
| | | | | | | This serves two functions, it makes it harder for an attacker to learn useful information by viewing the output of keys(), and it makes "insert during traversal" errors much easier to spot, as they will almost always produce degenerate behavior.
* perturb insertion order and update xhv_rand during insertion and S_hsplit()Yves Orton2013-03-191-5/+39
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When inserting into a hash results in a collision the order of the items in the bucket chain is predictable (FILO), and can be used to determine that a collision has occured. When a hash is too small for the number of items it holds we double its size and remap the items as required. During this process the keys in a bucket will reverse order, and exposes information to an attacker that a collision has occured. We therefore use the PL_hash_rand_bits() and the S_ptr_hash() infrastructure to randomly "perturb" the order that colliding items are inserted into the bucket chain. During insertion and mapping instead of doing a simple "insert to top" we check the low bit of PL_hash_rand_bits() and depending if it is set or not we insert at the top of the chain, otherwise second from the top. The end result being that the order in a bucket is less predictable, which should make it harder for an attacker to spot a collision. Every insert (via hv_common), and bucket doubling (via hsplit()) results in us updating PL_hash_rand_bits() using "randomish" data like the hashed bucket address, the hash of the inserted item, and the address of the inserted item. This also updates the xhv_rand() of the hash, if there is one, during S_hsplit() so that the iteration order changes when S_hsplit() is called. This also is intended to make it harder for an attacker to aquire information about collisions.
* Harden hashes against hash seed discovery by randomizing hash iterationYves Orton2013-03-191-11/+50
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adds: S_ptr_hash() - A new static function in hv.c which can be used to hash a pointer or integer. PL_hash_rand_bits - A new interpreter variable used as a cheap provider of "semi-random" state for use by the hash infrastructure. xpvhv_aux.xhv_rand - Used as a mask which is xored against the xpvhv_aux.riter during iteration to randomize the order the actual buckets are visited. PL_hash_rand_bits is initialized as interpreter start from the random hash seed, and then modified by "mixing in" the result of ptr_hash() on the bucket array pointer in the hv (HvARRAY(hv)) every time hv_auxinit() allocates a new iterator structure. The net result is that every hash has its own iteration order, which should make it much more difficult to determine what the current hash seed is. This required some test to be restructured, as they tested for something that was not necessarily true, we never guaranteed that two hashes with the same keys would produce the same key order, we merely promised that using keys(), values(), or each() on the same hash, without any insertions in between, would produce the same order of visiting the key/values.
* In Perl_hv_common(), call S_clear_placeholders() directly.Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-2/+3
| | | | This saves one call to HvPLACEHOLDERS_get().
* Clarify why hv_common() tries to clear placeholders before calling hsplit().Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-9/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | Which makes me realise that if we clear placeholders, we may be able to avoid the need to split at all. (In fact, as hv_common() only adds one key to the hash, under the current definition of DO_HSPLIT() which only considers total number of keys, clearing any placeholder is going to be enough to drop the total number of keys, and so no longer trigger the split. But we'll leave the code making a second check, to avoid a tight coupling with the internals of DO_HSPLIT().)
* In S_hsplit(), replace a for with a do/while, as the loop runs at least once.Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-3/+3
| | | | | Seems pointless to check the exit condition before any iterations, when we know that it will always be false the first time.
* Replace the bulk of Perl_hv_ksplit() with a call to S_hsplit().Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-44/+3
| | | | | The code duplication that introduced hv_ksplit() as a fork of hsplit() back with commit 72940dca186befa0 in Sept 1996 is finally healed.
* Tweak S_hsplit() to return early if there are no keys to process.Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-4/+4
| | | | | | | This mimics the behaviour in Perl_hv_ksplit(). Also remove a vestigial comment. The code it relates to was removed in commit 7dc8663964c66a69 in Nov 2012.
* Pass the current and desired hash sizes to S_hsplit().Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-8/+8
| | | | | | | | Whilst this is slightly more work for its existing two callers, it will permit Perl_hv_ksplit() to also call it. Use STRLEN for the parameters, and change a local variable from I32 to STRLEN to match.
* Move the code handling allocating a new buffer earlier in Perl_hv_ksplit().Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-4/+8
| | | | | This makes the rest of the code of Perl_hv_ksplit() closer to that of S_hsplit().
* Refactor the loop logic in S_hsplit() and Perl_hv_ksplit() to converge.Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-12/+10
| | | | Making the code as similar as possible will make it simpler to merge the two.
* Move the call to hv_clear_placeholders() from hsplit() to hv_common().Nicholas Clark2013-02-261-8/+10
| | | | | | | | | | The relevant code calls Perl_hv_clear_placeholders() at split time, if there are still placeholders left over from a (previously) restricted hash. There are two callers to S_hsplit(), one from the regular HV code, and one from the shared string table code. As the shared string table can't contain placeholders, only the other call site could trigger this condition, so move the code there. This simplifies S_hsplit(), and will make splitting the shared string table marginally faster.
* Abolish STRANGE_MALLOC. Now all malloc()s are considered strange :-)Nicholas Clark2013-02-221-28/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | STRANGE_MALLOC was added in 5.002 beta 1 (4633a7c4bad06b47) as part of an work around for typical mallocs, which had a bad interaction with perl's allocation needs. Specifically, repeatedly extending an array and then creating SV heads (such as when reading lines of a file into an array) could end up with each reallocation for the array being unable to extend in place, needing a fresh chunk of memory, and the released memory not being suitable for use as more SV heads, so sitting unused. The solution was for perl to recycle the old array body as SV heads, instead of returning it to the system, passing the memory from the the AV code to the SV code using offer_nice_chunk(), PL_nice_chunk and PL_nice_chunk_size. STRANGE_MALLOC was actually a signal that the malloc() didn't need protecting from itself, and to disable the work around. offer_nice_chunk(), PL_nice_chunk and PL_nice_chunk_size were removed by commit 9a87bd09eea1d037 in Nov 2010, without any ill effects, hence the code used when STRANGE_MALLOC was *not* defined is essentially doing extra work for no benefits. From the lack of problems reported, one can assume that in the intervening 15 years malloc technology has got significantly improved, and it is probably better to be honest with it, rather than trying to second guess it. Hence remove all the non-STRANGE_MALLOC code, and leave everyone using the much simpler code. See also http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2005-11/msg00495.html http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2013-01/msg00126.html
* hv.c: add some NULL check removalbulk88 (via RT)2013-01-291-10/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The purpose is less machine instructions/faster code. * S_hv_free_ent_ret() is always called with entry non-null: so change its signature to reflect this, and remove a null check; * Add some SvREFCNT_dec_NNs; * In hv_clear(), refactor the code slightly to only do a SvREFCNT_dec_NN within the branch where its already been determined that the arg is non-null; also, use the _nocontext variant of Perl_croak() to save a push instruction in threaded perls.
* Use SvREFCNT_dec_NN in one place in hv.hFather Chrysostomos2012-12-151-1/+1
| | | | | In this instance, we know that av is not null, so no need to check whether it is
* hv.c: hv_undef: Don’t set mro fields to null before freeingFather Chrysostomos2012-12-091-7/+5
| | | | | | | There is no point in modifying a struct just before freeing it. This was my mistake, in commit 47f1cf7702, when I moved the code from S_hfreeentries to hv_undef.
* Remove "register" declarationsKarl Williamson2012-11-241-9/+9
| | | | | | | This finishes the removal of register declarations started by eb578fdb5569b91c28466a4d1939e381ff6ceaf4. It neglected the ones in function parameter declarations, and didn't include things in dist, ext, and lib, which this does include
* prevent memory exhaustion from hash attacksYves Orton2012-11-241-26/+6
| | | | | | We do not want to resize the hash every time the bucket length is too long. Nor do we want to pay the price of checking how long the bucket length is when there is nothing we can do about it anyway.
* fix -DPERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT builds broken with the hash mergeTony Cook2012-11-191-0/+1
| | | | | note: this failed to build in smoke-me eg. http://perl.develop-help.com/raw/?id=131750
* Hash Function Change - Murmur hash and true per process hash seedYves Orton2012-11-171-100/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch does the following: *) Introduces multiple new hash functions to choose from at build time. This includes Murmur-32, SDBM, DJB2, SipHash, SuperFast, and One-at-a-time. Currently this is handled by muning hv.h. Configure support hopefully to follow. *) Changes the default hash to Murmur hash which is faster than the old default One-at-a-time. *) Rips out the old HvREHASH mechanism and replaces it with a per-process random hash seed. *) Changes the old PL_hash_seed from an interpreter value to a global variable. This means it does not have to be copied during interpreter setup or cloning. *) Changes the format of the PERL_HASH_SEED variable to a hex string so that hash seeds longer than fit in an integer are possible. *) Changes the return of Hash::Util::hash_seed() from a number to a string. This is to accomodate hash functions which have more bits than can be fit in an integer. *) Adds new functions to Hash::Util to improve introspection of hashes -) hash_value() - returns an integer hash value for a given string. -) bucket_info() - returns basic hash bucket utilization info -) bucket_stats() - returns more hash bucket utilization info -) bucket_array() - which keys are in which buckets in a hash More details on the new hash functions can be found below: Murmur Hash: (v3) from google, see http://code.google.com/p/smhasher/wiki/MurmurHash3 Superfast Hash: From Paul Hsieh. http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/hash.html DJB2: a hash function from Daniel Bernstein http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~oz/hash.html SDBM: a hash function sdbm. http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~oz/hash.html SipHash: by Jean-Philippe Aumasson and Daniel J. Bernstein. https://www.131002.net/siphash/ They have all be converted into Perl's ugly macro format. I have not done any rigorous testing to make sure this conversion is correct. They seem to function as expected however. All of them use the random hash seed. You can force the use of a given function by defining one of PERL_HASH_FUNC_MURMUR PERL_HASH_FUNC_SUPERFAST PERL_HASH_FUNC_DJB2 PERL_HASH_FUNC_SDBM PERL_HASH_FUNC_ONE_AT_A_TIME Setting the environment variable PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG to 1 will make perl output the current seed (changed to hex) and the hash function it has been built with. Setting the environment variable PERL_HASH_SEED to a hex value will cause that value to be used at the seed. Any missing bits of the seed will be set to 0. The bits are filled in from left to right, not the traditional right to left so setting it to FE results in a seed value of "FE000000" not "000000FE". Note that we do the hash seed initialization in perl_construct(). Doing it via perl_alloc() (via init_tls) causes problems under threaded builds as the buffers used for reentrant srand48 functions are not allocated. See also the p5p mail "Hash improvements blocker: portable random code that doesnt depend on a functional interpreter", Message-ID: <CANgJU+X+wNayjsNOpKRqYHnEy_+B9UH_2irRA5O3ZmcYGAAZFQ@mail.gmail.com>
View Lorry Controller Status