Using this question as basis I implemented a pseudo-random number generator with a global state:
__global uint global_random_state;
void set_random_seed(uint seed){
global_random_state = seed;
}
uint get_random_number(uint range){
uint seed = global_random_state + get_global_id(0);
uint t = seed ^ (seed << 11);
uint result = seed ^ (seed >> 19) ^ (t ^ (t >> 8));
global_random_state = result; /* race condition? */
return result % range;
}
Since these functions will be used from multiple threads, there will be a race condition present when writing to global_random_state
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This might actually help the system to be more unpredictable, so it seems like a good thing, but I'd like to know if there are any consequences to this that might not surface immediately. Are there any side-effects inside the GPU which might cause problems later on when the kernel is run?
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