From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C2E7C43217 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229618AbiJKXCA (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:02:00 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41736 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229616AbiJKXB5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:01:57 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59A9B95E63; Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:01:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E2E8B817F6; Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:01:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9723CC433D6; Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:01:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1665529308; bh=gCI+X2WOw4l6GrJak35sDaAf8gDE0fXgutS5wo82m0c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=AJFptayVxOqteJVOLykn7hUdHTEFBSFYdPDnURZs6EbQ5lnc5EDwMPEWLIY2Zkc6k ToDJ69GFb03nJ1ZHa3Bu1XZh90AT8husNifCGxqExcBTtq73zRbzdbLGz1yV1PS0BR YgADbRNTz4kaxl1FPtL5h69IOLIEA3uAgLFu6LoZOj6vAhrzGGJogNzed4iTNoQ9kU RplOVmj/pT0WrloWUBcPNyJldLUtdrL9BReJJkpTFUke93m8zD4dIphjguaBr6M6BU xC/9Fc6Zmo9mtTlbNcRQZT+mur3mj5hpEnCkCHrxZUfVSrUfpxEhWQqxTOA+fraPtq COtQHCYR1WDtw== Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:01:44 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, Andreas Noever , Andrew Morton , Andy Shevchenko , Borislav Petkov , Catalin Marinas , Christoph =?UTF-8?B?QsO2aG13YWxkZXI=?= , Christoph Hellwig , Christophe Leroy , Daniel Borkmann , Dave Airlie , Dave Hansen , "David S . Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Florian Westphal , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "H . Peter Anvin" , Heiko Carstens , Helge Deller , Herbert Xu , Huacai Chen , Hugh Dickins , "James E . J . Bottomley" , Jan Kara , Jason Gunthorpe , Jens Axboe , Johannes Berg , Jonathan Corbet , Jozsef Kadlecsik , KP Singh , Kees Cook , Marco Elver , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Michael Ellerman , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Paolo Abeni , Peter Zijlstra , Richard Weinberger , Russell King , Theodore Ts'o , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Thomas Gleixner , Thomas Graf , Ulf Hansson , Vignesh Raghavendra , WANG Xuerui , Will Deacon , Yury Norov , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/7] treewide cleanup of random integer usage Message-ID: <20221011160144.1c0dc2af@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20221010230613.1076905-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> References: <20221010230613.1076905-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:06:06 -0600 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u64, use get_random_u64(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u32, use get_random_u32(). > * The old function prandom_u32() has been deprecated for a while now > and is just a wrapper around get_random_u32(). Same for > get_random_int(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u16, use get_random_u16(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u8, use get_random_u8(). > - If you want secure or insecure random bytes, use get_random_bytes(). > * The old function prandom_bytes() has been deprecated for a while now > and has long been a wrapper around get_random_bytes(). > - If you want a non-uniform random u32, u16, or u8 bounded by a certain > open interval maximum, use prandom_u32_max(). > * I say "non-uniform", because it doesn't do any rejection sampling or > divisions. Hence, it stays within the prandom_* namespace. 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Donenfeld" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, Andreas Noever , Andrew Morton , Andy Shevchenko , Borislav Petkov , Catalin Marinas , Christoph =?UTF-8?B?QsO2aG13YWxkZXI=?= , Christoph Hellwig , Christophe Leroy , Daniel Borkmann , Dave Airlie , Dave Hansen , "David S . Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Florian Westphal , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "H . Peter Anvin" , Heiko Carstens , Helge Deller , Herbert Xu , Huacai Chen , Hugh Dickins , "James E . J . Bottomley" , Jan Kara , Jason Gunthorpe , Jens Axboe , Johannes Berg , Jonathan Corbet , Jozsef Kadlecsik , KP Singh , Kees Cook , Marco Elver , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Michael Ellerman , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Paolo Abeni , Peter Zijlstra , Richard Weinberger , Russell King , Theodore Ts'o , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Thomas Gleixner , Thomas Graf , Ulf Hansson , Vignesh Raghavendra , WANG Xuerui , Will Deacon , Yury Norov , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/7] treewide cleanup of random integer usage Message-ID: <20221011160144.1c0dc2af@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20221010230613.1076905-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> References: <20221010230613.1076905-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20221011_160151_420012_871C171D X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 15.69 ) X-BeenThere: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-mtd" Errors-To: linux-mtd-bounces+linux-mtd=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:06:06 -0600 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u64, use get_random_u64(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u32, use get_random_u32(). > * The old function prandom_u32() has been deprecated for a while now > and is just a wrapper around get_random_u32(). Same for > get_random_int(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u16, use get_random_u16(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u8, use get_random_u8(). > - If you want secure or insecure random bytes, use get_random_bytes(). > * The old function prandom_bytes() has been deprecated for a while now > and has long been a wrapper around get_random_bytes(). > - If you want a non-uniform random u32, u16, or u8 bounded by a certain > open interval maximum, use prandom_u32_max(). > * I say "non-uniform", because it doesn't do any rejection sampling or > divisions. Hence, it stays within the prandom_* namespace. Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:01:44 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/7] treewide cleanup of random integer usage Message-ID: <20221011160144.1c0dc2af@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20221010230613.1076905-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> References: <20221010230613.1076905-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-um" Errors-To: linux-um-bounces+geert=linux-m68k.org@lists.infradead.org To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, Andreas Noever , Andrew Morton , Andy Shevchenko , Borislav Petkov , Catalin Marinas , Christoph =?UTF-8?B?QsO2aG13YWxkZXI=?= , Christoph Hellwig , Christophe Leroy , Daniel Borkmann , Dave Airlie , Dave Hansen , "David S . Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Florian Westphal , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "H . Peter Anvin , Heiko Carstens , Helge Deller" , Herbert Xu , Huacai Chen , Hugh Dickins , "James E . J . Bottomley , Jan Kara , Jason Gunthorpe" , Jens Axboe , Johannes Berg , Jonathan Corbet , Jozsef Kadlecsik , KP Singh , Kees Cook , Marco Elver , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Michael Ellerman , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Paolo Abeni , Peter Zijlstra , Richard Weinberger , Russell King , Theodore Ts'o , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Thomas Gleixner , Thomas Graf , Ulf Hansson , Vignesh Raghavendra , WANG Xuerui , Will Deacon , Yury Norov , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:06:06 -0600 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u64, use get_random_u64(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u32, use get_random_u32(). > * The old function prandom_u32() has been deprecated for a while now > and is just a wrapper around get_random_u32(). Same for > get_random_int(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u16, use get_random_u16(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u8, use get_random_u8(). > - If you want secure or insecure random bytes, use get_random_bytes(). > * The old function prandom_bytes() has been deprecated for a while now > and has long been a wrapper around get_random_bytes(). > - If you want a non-uniform random u32, u16, or u8 bounded by a certain > open interval maximum, use prandom_u32_max(). > * I say "non-uniform", because it doesn't do any rejection sampling or > divisions. Hence, it stays within the prandom_* namespace. 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Bottomley" , Pablo Neira Ayuso , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, Marco Elver , Kees Cook , Yury Norov , Heiko Carstens , linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger , Borislav Petkov , linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, Thomas Gleixner , Andy Shevchenko , Johannes Berg , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Jens Axboe , linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Bogendoerfer , Theodore Ts'o , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Florian Westphal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph =?UTF-8?B?QsO2aG13YWxkZXI=?= , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara , Thomas Graf , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, "David S . Miller" Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:06:06 -0600 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u64, use get_random_u64(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u32, use get_random_u32(). > * The old function prandom_u32() has been deprecated for a while now > and is just a wrapper around get_random_u32(). Same for > get_random_int(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u16, use get_random_u16(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u8, use get_random_u8(). > - If you want secure or insecure random bytes, use get_random_bytes(). > * The old function prandom_bytes() has been deprecated for a while now > and has long been a wrapper around get_random_bytes(). > - If you want a non-uniform random u32, u16, or u8 bounded by a certain > open interval maximum, use prandom_u32_max(). > * I say "non-uniform", because it doesn't do any rejection sampling or > divisions. Hence, it stays within the prandom_* namespace. 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Bottomley" , Pablo Neira Ayuso , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, Marco Elver , Kees Cook , Yury Norov , Heiko Carstens , linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger , Borislav Petkov , linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, Thomas Gleixner , Andy Shevchenko , Johannes Berg , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Jens Axboe , linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Bogendoerfer , Theodore Ts'o , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Florian Westphal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph =?UTF-8?B?QsO2aG13YWxkZXI=?= , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara , Thomas Graf , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, "David S . Miller" Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:06:06 -0600 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u64, use get_random_u64(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u32, use get_random_u32(). > * The old function prandom_u32() has been deprecated for a while now > and is just a wrapper around get_random_u32(). Same for > get_random_int(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u16, use get_random_u16(). > - If you want a secure or an insecure random u8, use get_random_u8(). > - If you want secure or insecure random bytes, use get_random_bytes(). > * The old function prandom_bytes() has been deprecated for a while now > and has long been a wrapper around get_random_bytes(). > - If you want a non-uniform random u32, u16, or u8 bounded by a certain > open interval maximum, use prandom_u32_max(). > * I say "non-uniform", because it doesn't do any rejection sampling or > divisions. Hence, it stays within the prandom_* namespace. Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski