> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2024 9:57 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>; Vargas, Hernan
> <hernan.var...@intel.com>; Chautru, Nicolas <nicolas.chau...@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 6/6] baseband/fpga_5gnr: don't use rand()
>
> The function rand is very weak and should not be used.
> Use the DPDK rte_rand() which is seeded from entropy instead.
>
> Coverity issue: 414987
> Fixes: b3d326e438f1 ("baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec: add FPGA mutex")
> Cc: hernan.var...@intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Chautru <nicolas.chau...@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/rte_fpga_5gnr_fec.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/rte_fpga_5gnr_fec.c
> b/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/rte_fpga_5gnr_fec.c
> index efc1d3a7725b..9b253cde280d 100644
> --- a/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/rte_fpga_5gnr_fec.c
> +++ b/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/rte_fpga_5gnr_fec.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
> #include <bus_pci_driver.h>
> #include <rte_byteorder.h>
> #include <rte_cycles.h>
> +#include <rte_random.h>
>
> #include <rte_bbdev.h>
> #include <rte_bbdev_pmd.h>
> @@ -1990,7 +1991,7 @@ fpga_5gnr_mutex_acquisition(struct
> fpga_5gnr_queue *q) {
> uint32_t mutex_ctrl, mutex_read, cnt = 0;
> /* Assign a unique id for the duration of the DDR access */
> - q->ddr_mutex_uuid = rand();
> + q->ddr_mutex_uuid = rte_rand();
> /* Request and wait for acquisition of the mutex */
> mutex_ctrl = (q->ddr_mutex_uuid << 16) + 1;
> do {
> --
> 2.43.0
