On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:36:59 +0900 Akinobu Mita <akinobu.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patchset introduces new functions into random32 library for > getting the requested number of pseudo-random bytes. > > Before introducing these new functions into random32 library, > rename all random32 functions to have 'prandom_' prefix. As a result > the function prototypes are as follows: > > void prandom_seed(u32 seed); /* rename from srandom32() */ > u32 prandom_u32(void); /* rename from random32() */ > void prandom_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes); > > 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() */ > void prandom_bytes_state(struct rnd_state *state, void *buf, int nbytes); > > 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. There were a large number of rejects in MTD code, due to pending changes in linux-next. It's all quite mechanical stuff which I fixed up. Please check the result. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
