Re: [PATCH v6 4/7] treewide: use get_random_{u8,u16}() when possible, part 2

2022-10-11 Thread Heiko Carstens
On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 05:06:10PM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > Rather than truncate a 32-bit value to a 16-bit value or an 8-bit value, > simply use the get_random_{u8,u16}() functions, which are faster than > wasting the additional bytes from a 32-bit value. This was done by hand, > identif

[PATCH v6 4/7] treewide: use get_random_{u8, u16}() when possible, part 2

2022-10-10 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
Rather than truncate a 32-bit value to a 16-bit value or an 8-bit value, simply use the get_random_{u8,u16}() functions, which are faster than wasting the additional bytes from a 32-bit value. This was done by hand, identifying all of the places where one of the random integer functions was used in