diff --git a/libblkid/randutils.c b/libblkid/randutils.c
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+/*
+ * General purpose random utilities
+ *
+ * Based on libuuid code.
+ *
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+#include "randutils.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_TLS
+#define THREAD_LOCAL static __thread
+#else
+#define THREAD_LOCAL static
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__NR_gettid) && defined(HAVE_JRAND48)
+#define DO_JRAND_MIX
+THREAD_LOCAL unsigned short ul_jrand_seed[3];
+#endif
+
+int random_get_fd(void)
+{
+	int i, fd;
+	struct timeval	tv;
+
+	gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
+	fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		i = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
+		if (i >= 0)
+			fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, i | FD_CLOEXEC);
+	}
+	srand((getpid() << 16) ^ getuid() ^ tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec);
+
+#ifdef DO_JRAND_MIX
+	ul_jrand_seed[0] = getpid() ^ (tv.tv_sec & 0xFFFF);
+	ul_jrand_seed[1] = getppid() ^ (tv.tv_usec & 0xFFFF);
+	ul_jrand_seed[2] = (tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec) >> 16;
+#endif
+	/* Crank the random number generator a few times */
+	gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
+	for (i = (tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec) & 0x1F; i > 0; i--)
+		rand();
+	return fd;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Generate a stream of random nbytes into buf.
+ * Use /dev/urandom if possible, and if not,
+ * use glibc pseudo-random functions.
+ */
+void random_get_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes)
+{
+	size_t i, n = nbytes;
+	int fd = random_get_fd();
+	int lose_counter = 0;
+	unsigned char *cp = (unsigned char *) buf;
+
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		while (n > 0) {
+			ssize_t x = read(fd, cp, n);
+			if (x <= 0) {
+				if (lose_counter++ > 16)
+					break;
+				continue;
+			}
+			n -= x;
+			cp += x;
+			lose_counter = 0;
+		}
+
+		close(fd);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We do this all the time, but this is the only source of
+	 * randomness if /dev/random/urandom is out to lunch.
+	 */
+	for (cp = buf, i = 0; i < nbytes; i++)
+		*cp++ ^= (rand() >> 7) & 0xFF;
+
+#ifdef DO_JRAND_MIX
+	{
+		unsigned short tmp_seed[3];
+
+		memcpy(tmp_seed, ul_jrand_seed, sizeof(tmp_seed));
+		ul_jrand_seed[2] = ul_jrand_seed[2] ^ syscall(__NR_gettid);
+		for (cp = buf, i = 0; i < nbytes; i++)
+			*cp++ ^= (jrand48(tmp_seed) >> 7) & 0xFF;
+		memcpy(ul_jrand_seed, tmp_seed,
+		       sizeof(ul_jrand_seed)-sizeof(unsigned short));
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return;
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
+int main(int argc __attribute__ ((__unused__)),
+         char *argv[] __attribute__ ((__unused__)))
+{
+	unsigned int v, i;
+
+	/* generate and print 10 random numbers */
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+		random_get_bytes(&v, sizeof(v));
+		printf("%d\n", v);
+	}
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif /* TEST_PROGRAM */