On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:06:06 -0600 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> - If you want a secure or an insecure random u64, use get_random_u64().
> - If you want a secure or an insecure random u32, use get_random_u32().
> * The old function prandom_u32() has been deprecated for a while now
> and is just
On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 05:06:11PM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> The prandom_u32() function has been a deprecated inline wrapper around
> get_random_u32() for several releases now, and compiles down to the
> exact same code. Replace the deprecated wrapper with a direct call to
> the real funct
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
On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 05:06:07PM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Rather than incurring a division or requesting too many random bytes for
> the given range, use the prandom_u32_max() function, which only takes
> the minimum required bytes from the RNG and avoids divisions. This was
...
> Revie
