1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/library/core/tests/lib.rs b/library/core/tests/lib.rs
index 99d4a40c4c9..c910cb65c55 100644
--- a/library/core/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/library/core/tests/lib.rs
@@ -155,3 +155,16 @@ mod time;
 mod tuple;
 mod unicode;
 mod waker;
+
+/// Copied from `std::test_helpers::test_rng`, see that function for rationale.
+#[track_caller]
+#[allow(dead_code)] // Not used in all configurations.
+pub(crate) fn test_rng() -> rand_xorshift::XorShiftRng {
+    use core::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash, Hasher};
+    let mut hasher = std::collections::hash_map::RandomState::new().build_hasher();
+    core::panic::Location::caller().hash(&mut hasher);
+    let hc64 = hasher.finish();
+    let seed_vec = hc64.to_le_bytes().into_iter().chain(0u8..8).collect::<Vec<u8>>();
+    let seed: [u8; 16] = seed_vec.as_slice().try_into().unwrap();
+    rand::SeedableRng::from_seed(seed)
+}