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diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
index 107c5e43fa00..142bcb2c7c6a 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
#include "user.h"
#include "user_util.h"
#include "kern_util.h"
@@ -258,3 +259,32 @@ char *split_if_spec(char *str, ...)
va_end(ap);
return str;
}
+
+void random_mac(unsigned char *addr)
+{
+ struct timeval tv;
+ long n;
+ unsigned int seed;
+
+ gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+
+ /* Assume that 20 bits of microseconds and 12 bits of the pid are
+ * reasonably unpredictable.
+ */
+ seed = tv.tv_usec | (os_getpid() << 20);
+ srandom(seed);
+
+ /* Don't care about endianness here - switching endianness
+ * just rearranges what are hopefully random numbers.
+ *
+ * Assume that RAND_MAX > 65536, so random is called twice and
+ * we use 16 bits of the result.
+ */
+ n = random();
+ addr[2] = (n >> 8) & 255;
+ addr[3] = n % 255;
+
+ n = random();
+ addr[4] = (n >> 8) & 255;
+ addr[5] = n % 255;
+}