From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com ([185.58.85.151]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ohI0G-00ELik-0L for linux-um@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 08 Oct 2022 22:09:07 +0000 From: David Laight Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 2/6] treewide: use prandom_u32_max() when possible Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 22:08:03 +0000 Message-ID: <01fafe0e56554b1c9c934c458b93473a@AcuMS.aculab.com> References: <20221007180107.216067-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> <20221007180107.216067-3-Jason@zx2c4.com> In-Reply-To: <20221007180107.216067-3-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en-US 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'" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "patches@lists.linux.dev" Cc: Andreas Noever , Andrew Morton , Andy Shevchenko , Borislav Petkov , "Catalin Marinas , =?utf-8?B?Q2hyaXN0b3BoIELDtmhtd2FsZGVy?=" , 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 , Jakub Kicinski , "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" , Jan Kara From: Jason A. Donenfeld > Sent: 07 October 2022 19:01 > > Rather than incurring a division or requesting too many random bytes for > the given range, use the prandom_u32_max() function, which only takes > the minimum required bytes from the RNG and avoids divisions. > ... > --- a/lib/cmdline_kunit.c > +++ b/lib/cmdline_kunit.c > @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void cmdline_test_lead_int(struct kunit *test) > int rc = cmdline_test_values[i]; > int offset; > > - sprintf(in, "%u%s", prandom_u32_max(256), str); > + sprintf(in, "%u%s", get_random_int() % 256, str); > /* Only first '-' after the number will advance the pointer */ > offset = strlen(in) - strlen(str) + !!(rc == 2); > cmdline_do_one_test(test, in, rc, offset); > @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void cmdline_test_tail_int(struct kunit *test) > int rc = strcmp(str, "") ? (strcmp(str, "-") ? 0 : 1) : 1; > int offset; > > - sprintf(in, "%s%u", str, prandom_u32_max(256)); > + sprintf(in, "%s%u", str, get_random_int() % 256); > /* > * Only first and leading '-' not followed by integer > * will advance the pointer. Something has gone backwards here.... And get_random_u8() looks a better fit. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales) _______________________________________________ linux-um mailing list linux-um@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-um