From: Akinobu Mita Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:04:23 +0000 (-0800) Subject: random32: rename random32 to prandom X-Git-Tag: v3.8-rc1~74^2~22 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=496f2f93b1cc286f5a4f4f9acdc1e5314978683f;p=pandora-kernel.git random32: rename random32 to prandom This renames all random32 functions to have 'prandom_' prefix as follows: void prandom_seed(u32 seed); /* rename from srandom32() */ u32 prandom_u32(void); /* rename from random32() */ 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() */ 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. And furthermore, I'm going to introduce new functions for getting the requested number of pseudo-random bytes. If I continue to use both prandom32 and random32 prefixes for these functions, the confusion is getting worse. As a result of this renaming, "prandom_" is the common prefix for pseudo-random number library. Currently, srandom32() and random32() are preserved because it is difficult to rename too many users at once. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: Robert Love Cc: Michel Lespinasse Cc: Valdis Kletnieks Cc: David Laight Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Artem Bityutskiy Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Eilon Greenstein Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Reading git-diff-tree failed