Lottery scheduling code

cpu-sched-lottery/lottery.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+// global ticket count
+int gtickets = 0;
+
+struct node_t {
+    int            tickets;
+    struct node_t *next;
+};
+
+struct node_t *head = NULL;
+
+void insert(int tickets) {
+    struct node_t *tmp = malloc(sizeof(struct node_t));
+    assert(tmp != NULL);
+    tmp->tickets = tickets;
+    tmp->next    = head;
+    head         = tmp;
+    gtickets    += tickets;
+}
+
+void print_list() {
+    struct node_t *curr = head;
+    printf("List: ");
+    while (curr) {
+	printf("[%d] ", curr->tickets);
+	curr = curr->next;
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    if (argc != 3) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: lottery <seed> <loops>\n");
+	exit(1);
+    }
+    int seed  = atoi(argv[1]);
+    int loops = atoi(argv[2]);
+    srandom(seed);
+
+    // populate list with some number of jobs, each
+    // with some number of tickets
+    insert(50);
+    insert(100);
+    insert(25);
+
+    print_list();
+    
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
+	int counter            = 0;
+	int winner             = random() % gtickets; // get winner
+	struct node_t *current = head;
+
+	// loop until the sum of ticket values is > the winner
+	while (current) {
+	    counter = counter + current->tickets;
+	    if (counter > winner)
+		break; // found the winner
+	    current = current->next;
+	}
+	// current is the winner: schedule it...
+	print_list();
+	printf("winner: %d %d\n\n", winner, current->tickets);
+
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+