libbb: shrink monotonic_XXX functions, introduce monotonic_ns

(unused for now)

function                                             old     new   delta
get_mono                                               -      31     +31
sv_main                                             1228    1234      +6
expand                                              1693    1697      +4
get_address                                          178     181      +3
utoa_to_buf                                          108     110      +2
builtin_exit                                          46      48      +2
qrealloc                                              36      33      -3
qgravechar                                           109     106      -3
ash_main                                            1383    1380      -3
grep_file                                            850     846      -4
popstring                                            140     134      -6
monotonic_us                                          85      60     -25
monotonic_sec                                         41      16     -25
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 5/7 up/down: 48/-69)            Total: -21 bytes

include/libbb.h

@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ extern int *const bb_errno;
 #define errno (*bb_errno)
 #endif
 
+unsigned long long monotonic_ns(void) FAST_FUNC;
 unsigned long long monotonic_us(void) FAST_FUNC;
 unsigned monotonic_sec(void) FAST_FUNC;
 

libbb/time.c

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_MONOTONIC_SYSCALL
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
 
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 /* Old glibc (< 2.3.4) does not provide this constant. We use syscall
  * directly so this definition is safe. */
 #ifndef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
@@ -20,30 +20,47 @@
 
 /* libc has incredibly messy way of doing this,
  * typically requiring -lrt. We just skip all this mess */
+static void get_mono(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	if (syscall(__NR_clock_gettime, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ts))
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("clock_gettime(MONOTONIC) failed");
+}
+unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_ns(void)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+	get_mono(&ts);
+	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec;
+}
 unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_us(void)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
-	if (syscall(__NR_clock_gettime, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
+	get_mono(&ts);
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("clock_gettime(MONOTONIC) failed");
 	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec/1000;
 }
 unsigned FAST_FUNC monotonic_sec(void)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
-	if (syscall(__NR_clock_gettime, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
+	get_mono(&ts);
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("clock_gettime(MONOTONIC) failed");
 	return ts.tv_sec;
 }
+
 #else
+
+unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_ns(void)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	return tv.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + tv.tv_usec * 1000;
+}
 unsigned long long FAST_FUNC monotonic_us(void)
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 	return tv.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + tv.tv_usec;
 }
-
 unsigned FAST_FUNC monotonic_sec(void)
 {
 	return time(NULL);
 }
+
 #endif

shell/ash.c

@@ -9615,7 +9615,6 @@ setcmd(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
-/* Roughly copied from bash.. */
 static void
 change_random(const char *value)
 {
@@ -9636,10 +9635,11 @@ change_random(const char *value)
 		if (random_galois_LFSR < 0) /* if we just shifted 1 out of msb... */
 			t ^= MASK;
 		random_galois_LFSR = t;
-		/* Both are weak, xoring them gives better randomness
+		/* Both are weak, combining them gives better randomness
 		 * and ~2^64 period. & 0x7fff is probably bash compat
-		 * for $RANDOM range. */
+		 * for $RANDOM range. Combining with subtraction is
-		t = (t ^ random_LCG) & 0x7fff;
+		 * just for fun. + and ^ would work equally well. */
+		t = (t - random_LCG) & 0x7fff;
 		/* set without recursion */
 		setvar(vrandom.text, utoa(t), VNOFUNC);
 		vrandom.flags &= ~VNOFUNC;
@@ -13432,7 +13432,9 @@ int ash_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
 	rootpid = getpid();
 
 #if ENABLE_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
-	random_galois_LFSR = random_LCG = rootpid + time(NULL);
+	/* Can use monotonic_ns() for better randomness but for now it is
+	 * not used anywhere else in busybox... so avoid bloat */
+	random_galois_LFSR = random_LCG = rootpid + monotonic_us();
 #endif
 	init();
 	setstackmark(&smark);