Re: [PATCH for-4.9.y 04/14] random: convert get_random_int/long into get_random_u32/u64

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 01:43:15AM +0530, Amit Pundir wrote:

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Jason@zx2c4.com

commit c440408cf6901eeb2c09563397e24a9097907078 upstream.

Many times, when a user wants a random number, he wants a random number of a guaranteed size. So, thinking of get_random_int and get_random_long in terms of get_random_u32 and get_random_u64 makes it much easier to achieve this. It also makes the code simpler.

On 32-bit platforms, get_random_int and get_random_long are both aliased to get_random_u32. On 64-bit platforms, int->u32 and long->u64.

What bug is this fixing that it needs to be in a stable kernel tree? The end result is the same before and after this patch, right?

thanks,

greg k-h