Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> If I'm reading the code right, it only modifies __libc_drand48_data on
> first call, so as long as we called erand48() at least once before
> spawning the child threads, it would probably work.  That seems pretty
> fragile in the face of the fact that they explicitly state that
> they're modifying the global random generator state and that you
> should use erand48_r() if you want reentrant behavior.  So I think if
> we're going to go the erand48() route we probably ought to force
> pgbench to always use our version rather than any OS-supplied version.

Or add erand48_r() to our version and use that.

			regards, tom lane

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