On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 04:18:58PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > /** > + * prandom32_get_bytes - get the requested number of pseudo-random bytes > + * @state: pointer to state structure holding seeded state. > + * @buf: where to copy the pseudo-random bytes to > + * @bytes: the requested number of bytes > + * > + * This is used for pseudo-randomness with no outside seeding. > + * For more random results, use random32_get_bytes(). > + */ > + > +/** > + * random32_get_bytes - get the requested number of pseudo-random bytes > + * @buf: where to copy the pseudo-random bytes to > + * @bytes: the requested number of bytes > + */
This naming scheme is going to be very confusing. If the function is going to return a pseudo-random number, it *must* have a "prandom" suffix. Otherwise some kernel developer, somewhere, will get confused between get_random_bytes() and random32_get_bytes(), and the result may be a very embarassing security exposure. How about prandom32_get_bytes_state() and prandom32_get_bytes() instead? - Ted -- 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/