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+/*
+
+  This program is part of the TACLeBench benchmark suite.
+  Version V 2.0
+
+  Name: countnegative
+
+  Author: unknown
+
+  Function: Counts negative and non-negative numbers in a
+    matrix. Features nested loops, well-structured code.
+
+  Source: MRTC
+          http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/projects/wcet/wcet_bench/cnt/cnt.c
+
+  Changes: Changed split between initialization and computation
+
+  License: May be used, modified, and re-distributed freely
+
+*/
+
+/*
+  The dimension of the matrix
+*/
+#define MAXSIZE 20
+
+/*
+  Type definition for the matrix
+*/
+typedef int matrix [ MAXSIZE ][ MAXSIZE ];
+
+/*
+  Forward declaration of functions
+*/
+void countnegative_initSeed( void );
+int countnegative_randomInteger( void );
+void countnegative_initialize( matrix );
+void countnegative_init( void );
+int countnegative_return( void );
+void countnegative_sum( matrix );
+void countnegative_main( void );
+int main( void );
+
+/*
+  Globals
+*/
+volatile int countnegative_seed;
+matrix countnegative_array;
+int countnegative_postotal, countnegative_negtotal;
+int countnegative_poscnt, countnegative_negcnt;
+
+/*
+  Initializes the seed used in the random number generator.
+*/
+void countnegative_initSeed ( void )
+{
+  countnegative_seed = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+  Generates random integers between 0 and 8094
+*/
+int countnegative_randomInteger( void )
+{
+  countnegative_seed = ( ( countnegative_seed * 133 ) + 81 ) % 8095;
+  return  countnegative_seed;
+}
+
+/*
+  Initializes the given array with random integers.
+*/
+void countnegative_initialize( matrix Array )
+{
+  register int OuterIndex, InnerIndex;
+
+  _Pragma( "loopbound min 20 max 20" )
+  for ( OuterIndex = 0; OuterIndex < MAXSIZE; OuterIndex++ )
+    _Pragma( "loopbound min 20 max 20" )
+    for ( InnerIndex = 0; InnerIndex < MAXSIZE; InnerIndex++ )
+      Array[ OuterIndex ][ InnerIndex ] =  countnegative_randomInteger();
+}
+
+void countnegative_init( void )
+{
+  countnegative_initSeed();
+  countnegative_initialize( countnegative_array );
+}
+
+int countnegative_return( void )
+{
+  int checksum = ( countnegative_postotal +
+                   countnegative_poscnt +
+                   countnegative_negtotal +
+                   countnegative_negcnt );
+
+  return ( ( checksum == ( int )0x1778de ) ? 0 : -1 );
+}
+
+void countnegative_sum( matrix Array )
+{
+  register int Outer, Inner;
+
+  int Ptotal = 0; /* changed these to locals in order to drive worst case */
+  int Ntotal = 0;
+  int Pcnt = 0;
+  int Ncnt = 0;
+
+  _Pragma( "loopbound min 20 max 20" )
+  for ( Outer = 0; Outer < MAXSIZE; Outer++ )
+    _Pragma( "loopbound min 20 max 20" )
+    for ( Inner = 0; Inner < MAXSIZE; Inner++ )
+      if ( Array[ Outer ][ Inner ] >= 0 ) {
+        Ptotal += Array[ Outer ][ Inner ];
+        Pcnt++;
+      } else {
+        Ntotal += Array[ Outer ][ Inner ];
+        Ncnt++;
+      }
+
+  countnegative_postotal = Ptotal;
+  countnegative_poscnt = Pcnt;
+  countnegative_negtotal = Ntotal;
+  countnegative_negcnt = Ncnt;
+}
+
+/*
+  The main function
+*/
+void _Pragma( "entrypoint" ) countnegative_main ( void )
+{
+  countnegative_sum(  countnegative_array );
+}
+
+int main( void )
+{
+  countnegative_init();
+  countnegative_main();
+
+  return ( countnegative_return() );
+}