From 496f2f93b1cc286f5a4f4f9acdc1e5314978683f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akinobu Mita Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:04:23 -0800 Subject: random32: rename random32 to prandom This renames all random32 functions to have 'prandom_' prefix as follows: void prandom_seed(u32 seed); /* rename from srandom32() */ u32 prandom_u32(void); /* rename from random32() */ void prandom_seed_state(struct rnd_state *state, u64 seed); /* rename from prandom32_seed() */ u32 prandom_u32_state(struct rnd_state *state); /* rename from prandom32() */ The purpose of this renaming is to prevent some kernel developers from assuming that prandom32() and random32() might imply that only prandom32() was the one using a pseudo-random number generator by prandom32's "p", and the result may be a very embarassing security exposure. This concern was expressed by Theodore Ts'o. And furthermore, I'm going to introduce new functions for getting the requested number of pseudo-random bytes. If I continue to use both prandom32 and random32 prefixes for these functions, the confusion is getting worse. As a result of this renaming, "prandom_" is the common prefix for pseudo-random number library. Currently, srandom32() and random32() are preserved because it is difficult to rename too many users at once. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: Robert Love Cc: Michel Lespinasse Cc: Valdis Kletnieks Cc: David Laight Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Artem Bityutskiy Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Eilon Greenstein Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- lib/rbtree_test.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/rbtree_test.c') diff --git a/lib/rbtree_test.c b/lib/rbtree_test.c index d7f491a5457..af38aedbd87 100644 --- a/lib/rbtree_test.c +++ b/lib/rbtree_test.c @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ static void init(void) { int i; for (i = 0; i < NODES; i++) { - nodes[i].key = prandom32(&rnd); - nodes[i].val = prandom32(&rnd); + nodes[i].key = prandom_u32_state(&rnd); + nodes[i].val = prandom_u32_state(&rnd); } } @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int rbtree_test_init(void) printk(KERN_ALERT "rbtree testing"); - prandom32_seed(&rnd, 3141592653589793238ULL); + prandom_seed_state(&rnd, 3141592653589793238ULL); init(); time1 = get_cycles(); -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258