On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 1:33 AM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There are numerous places in the kernel that would be sped up by having > smaller batches. ... > void get_random_bytes(void *buf, size_t len); > +u8 get_random_u8(void); > +u16 get_random_u16(void); > u32 get_random_u32(void); > u64 get_random_u64(void); > static inline unsigned int get_random_int(void) To me, the 32-bit & 64-bit functions look like an obviously good idea. However, I cannot see that the 8-bit or 16-bit functions are needed. Even library functions like getchar() return an int & whatever you return, it is going to be handled as an int-sized item if it goes in a register, so what's the point?
