From: Joe Perches > Sent: 12 October 2022 20:17 > > On Wed, 2022-10-05 at 23:48 +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > > The prandom_u32() function has been a deprecated inline wrapper around > > get_random_u32() for several releases now, and compiles down to the > > exact same code. Replace the deprecated wrapper with a direct call to > > the real function. > [] > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c > [] > > @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ static int send_connect(struct c4iw_ep *ep) > > &ep->com.remote_addr; > > int ret; > > enum chip_type adapter_type = ep->com.dev->rdev.lldi.adapter_type; > > - u32 isn = (prandom_u32() & ~7UL) - 1; > > + u32 isn = (get_random_u32() & ~7UL) - 1; > > trivia: > > There are somewhat odd size mismatches here. > > I had to think a tiny bit if random() returned a value from 0 to 7 > and was promoted to a 64 bit value then truncated to 32 bit. > > Perhaps these would be clearer as ~7U and not ~7UL That makes no difference - the compiler will generate the same code. The real question is WTF is the code doing? The '& ~7u' clears the bottom 3 bits. The '- 1' then sets the bottom 3 bits and decrements the (random) high bits. So is the same as get_random_u32() | 7. But I bet the coder had something else in mind. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
