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+/**
+ * Utility functions to assist in generating psuedo-random CPER sections. 
+ * 
+ * Author: Lawrence.Tang@arm.com
+ **/
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include "../edk/BaseTypes.h"
+#include "gen-utils.h"
+
+//Generates a random section of the given byte size, saving the result to the given location.
+//Returns the length of the section as passed in.
+size_t generate_random_section(void** location, size_t size)
+{
+    *location = generate_random_bytes(size);
+    return size;
+}
+
+//Generates a random byte allocation of the given size.
+UINT8* generate_random_bytes(size_t size)
+{
+    UINT8* bytes = malloc(size);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++)
+        bytes[i] = rand();
+    return bytes;
+}
+
+//Initializes the random seed for rand() using the current time.
+void init_random()
+{
+    srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
+}
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