2 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/math/random.cc b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/math/random.cc
index 401ba89735..cedaf4b97f 100644
--- a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/math/random.cc
+++ b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/math/random.cc
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ namespace gr {
   void
   random::reseed(unsigned int seed)
   {
-    if(seed==0) d_seed = static_cast<unsigned int>(std::time(0));
-    else d_seed = seed;
-    d_rng->seed(d_seed);
+    d_seed = seed;
+    if (d_seed == 0){
+      d_rng->seed();
+    } else {
+      d_rng->seed(d_seed);
+    }
     // reinstantiate generators. Otherwise reseed doesn't take effect.
     delete d_generator;
     d_generator = new boost::variate_generator<boost::mt19937&, boost::uniform_real<float> > (*d_rng,*d_uniform); // create number generator in [0,1) from boost.random
@@ -138,11 +141,12 @@ namespace gr {
   float
   random::laplacian()
   {
-    float z = ran1()-0.5;
-    if(z>0) return -logf(1-2*z);
-    else return logf(1+2*z);
+          float z = ran1();
+          if (z > 0.5f){
+                  return -logf(2.0f * (1.0f - z) );
+          }
+          return logf(2 * z);
   }
-
   /*
    * Copied from The KC7WW / OH2BNS Channel Simulator
    * FIXME Need to check how good this is at some point
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/pmt/pmt.cc b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/pmt/pmt.cc
index 3b92481549..0fe4dbde8e 100644
--- a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/pmt/pmt.cc
+++ b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/pmt/pmt.cc
@@ -1158,12 +1158,12 @@ equal(const pmt_t& x, const pmt_t& y)
       return false;
 
     size_t len_x, len_y;
-    if (memcmp(xv->uniform_elements(len_x),
-	       yv->uniform_elements(len_y),
-	       len_x) == 0)
+    const void *x_m = xv->uniform_elements(len_x);
+    const void *y_m = yv->uniform_elements(len_y);
+    if (memcmp(x_m, y_m, len_x) == 0)
       return true;
 
-    return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   // FIXME add other cases here...