[PATCH v1 3/5] treewide: use get_random_u32() when possible
Jason Gunthorpe
jgg at ziepe.ca
Thu Oct 6 13:15:35 UTC 2022
On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 07:05:48AM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
> > > index fd9d7f2c4d64..a605cf66b83e 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
> > > @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int ipoib_cm_req_handler(struct ib_cm_id *cm_id,
> > > goto err_qp;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - psn = prandom_u32() & 0xffffff;
> > > + psn = get_random_u32() & 0xffffff;
> >
> > prandom_max(0xffffff + 1)
>
> That'd work, but again it's not more clear. Authors here are going for
> a 24-bit number, and masking seems like a clear way to express that.
vs just asking directly for a 24 bit number?
Jason
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