From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 3/8] batman-adv: randomize initial seqno to avoid collision
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:50:50 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201202071950.51417.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F310757.7030801@hundeboll.net>
On Tuesday, February 07, 2012 19:13:27 Martin Hundebøll wrote:
> On 2012-02-07 12:10, Marek Lindner wrote:
> >>> + unsigned long random_seqno;
> >>>
> >>> > > +
> >>> > > + /* randomize initial seqno to avoid collision */
> >>> > > + get_random_bytes(&random_seqno, sizeof(unsigned long));
> >>> > > + atomic_set(&hard_iface->seqno, (uint32_t)random_seqno);
> >> >
> >> > Wouldn't it be better to cast "unsigned long" in the call to
> >> > atomic_set()?
> >
> > Why should it better ?
>
> Maybe not better, but at least it is consistent with the type of
> random_seqno, which is unsigned long. I know the two types are identical,
> but nevertheless, I like to use the same type of type :)
You lost me somewhere. Yes, random_seqno is unsigned long. If we wanted to
store unsigned long we would not need a cast.
However, in my kernel the second argument for atomic_set() is "int" and not
"unsigned long" which why we have a cast there.
Regards,
Marek
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-07 11:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-07 9:19 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] B.A.T.M.A.N. V - the next steps Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:19 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/8] batman-adv: move ogm initialization into the proper function Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 14:57 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/8] batman-adv: refactoring API: find generalized name for bat_ogm_init callback Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 3/8] batman-adv: randomize initial seqno to avoid collision Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:33 ` Martin Hundebøll
2012-02-07 11:10 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 11:13 ` Martin Hundebøll
2012-02-07 11:50 ` Marek Lindner [this message]
2012-02-07 12:12 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-02-07 12:21 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 12:46 ` Andrew Lunn
2012-02-12 15:01 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 4/8] batman-adv: add iface_disable() callback to routing API Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 15:02 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 5/8] batman-adv: handle routing code initialization properly Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 15:04 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 6/8] batman-adv: refactoring API: find generalized name for bat_ogm_init_primary callback Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 15:08 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 7/8] batman-adv: rename BATMAN_OGM_LEN to BATMAN_OGM_HLEN Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 15:09 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-07 9:20 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 8/8] batman-adv: mark existing ogm variables as batman iv Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 15:11 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 14:58 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/8] batman-adv: refactoring API: find generalized name for bat_ogm_init callback Marek Lindner
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