From: Christophe Leroy > Sent: 06 October 2022 18:43 ... > But taking into account that sp must remain 16 bytes aligned, would it > be better to do something like ? > > sp -= prandom_u32_max(PAGE_SIZE >> 4) << 4; That makes me think... If prandom_u32_max() is passed a (constant) power of 2 it doesn't need to do the multiply, it can just do a shift right. Doesn't it also always get a 32bit random value? So actually get_random_u32() & PAGE_MASK & ~0xf is faster! When PAGE_SIZE is 4k, PAGE_SIZE >> 4 is 256 so it could use: get_ramdom_u8() << 4 You also seem to have removed prandom_u32() in favour of get_random_u32() but have added more prandom_xxxx() functions. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
