Signed-off by : Vinay Sridhar <vinaysridhar@in.ibm.com>

--- patch ---

--- ltp-full-20071231/testcases/kernel/syscalls/syslog/syslogtst.c	2008-01-11 10:56:18.000000000 +0530
+++ ltp-full-20071231/testcases/kernel/syscalls/syslog/syslogtst.c.new	2008-01-11 11:03:33.000000000 +0530
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include "test.h"
 #include "usctest.h"
 /*
@@ -44,9 +45,10 @@ void sig_handler(int signal); 
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int status, flag3, fd;
+	int status, flag3, fd, ch, ch1;
 	int exit_flag = 0;	/* used for syslog test case 6. */
         char* config_file;
+	time_t t;
 
 	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 	signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
@@ -55,17 +57,38 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	signal(SIGSEGV, sig_handler);
 	signal(SIGQUIT, sig_handler);
 
+	time(&t);
+	srandom((unsigned int)getpid()^(((unsigned int)t<<16)| (unsigned int)t>>16));
 
+	if(argc < 2) {
+		ch = (random() % 10) + 1;
+		if(ch == 2) ch1 = random() % 8;
+		if(ch == 8) ch1 = (random() % 5) + 1;	
+		tst_resm(TINFO, "\nrandom numbers were generated for the case numbers : %d, %d\n", ch, ch1);
+	}
+
+	else if(argc == 2 && (atoi(argv[1]) == 2 || atoi(argv[1]) == 8)) { 
+		ch = atoi(argv[1]);
+		if(ch == 2) ch1 = random() % 8;
+		if(ch == 8) ch1 = (random() % 5) + 1;
+		tst_resm(TINFO, "\nrandom number was generated for case %d : %d\n", ch, ch1);
+	}
+	
+	else {
+		ch = atoi(argv[1]);
+		ch1 = atoi(argv[2]);
+	}
+		
 	/*
 	 * Send syslog messages according to the case number, which
 	 * we will know from command line.
 	 */
-	switch(atoi(argv[1])) {
+	switch(ch) {
 	case 1:
 		syslog(LOG_MAIL | LOG_INFO, "syslogtst: mail info test.");
 		break;
 	case 2:
-		switch(atoi(argv[2])) {
+		switch(ch1) {
 		case 0:
 			syslog(LOG_MAIL | LOG_EMERG, "syslogtst: mail emerg test.");
 			break;
@@ -205,7 +228,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		syslog(LOG_USER | LOG_DEBUG, "syslogtst: debug log");
 		break;
 	case 8:
-		switch(atoi(argv[2])) {
+		switch(ch1) {
 		/*
 		 * Kernel messages cannot be send by user, so skipping the
 		 * LOG_KERN facility.
@@ -239,6 +262,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		break;
 	}
 	
+
 	/*
 	 * Check the exit_flag and if it is set,
 	 * exit with status 1, indicating failure.