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diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index 742f4ec..5a7b559 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#include "qthreadstorage.h"
#include "qdir.h"
#include "qstringlist.h"
+#include "qdatetime.h"
#ifndef QT_NO_QOBJECT
#include <private/qthread_p.h>
@@ -2523,6 +2524,33 @@ void qsrand(uint seed)
#endif
}
+/*! \internal
+ \relates <QtGlobal>
+ \since 4.6
+
+ Seed the PRNG, but only if it has not already been seeded.
+
+ The default seed is a combination of current time, a stack address and a
+ serial counter (since thread stack addresses are re-used).
+*/
+void qsrand()
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+ SeedStorageType *pseed = randTLS()->localData();
+ if (pseed) {
+ // already seeded
+ return;
+ }
+ randTLS()->setLocalData(pseed = new SeedStorageType);
+ static QBasicAtomicInt serial = Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(0);
+ *pseed = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTime_t()
+ + quintptr(&pseed)
+ + serial.fetchAndAddRelaxed(1);
+#else
+ // On Windows, we assume that rand() already does the right thing
+#endif
+}
+
/*!
\relates <QtGlobal>
\since 4.2
@@ -2645,7 +2673,7 @@ int qrand()
\relates <QtGlobal>
Marks the string literal \a sourceText for dynamic translation in
- the given \a context, i.e the stored \a sourceText will not be
+ the given \a context; i.e, the stored \a sourceText will not be
altered. The \a context is typically a class and also needs to
be specified as string literal.