Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] drivers/char/random.c: #if 0 randomize_range

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Sun Apr 17 2005 - 15:49:11 EST


On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 10:15:37PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch #if 0's the unused global function randomize_range.
>

This is presumably for future work in process randomization. Arjan,
what's the status of this bit?

> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> drivers/char/random.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/random.h | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-full/include/linux/random.h.old 2005-04-17 18:17:17.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-full/include/linux/random.h 2005-04-17 18:17:23.000000000 +0200
> @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
> #endif
>
> unsigned int get_random_int(void);
> -unsigned long randomize_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long len);
>
> #endif /* __KERNEL___ */
>
> --- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-full/drivers/char/random.c.old 2005-04-17 18:17:30.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-full/drivers/char/random.c 2005-04-17 18:18:12.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@
> * a <range> with size "len" starting at the return value is inside in the
> * area defined by [start, end], but is otherwise randomized.
> */
> +#if 0
> unsigned long
> randomize_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long len)
> {
> @@ -1627,3 +1628,4 @@
> return 0;
> return PAGE_ALIGN(get_random_int() % range + start);
> }
> +#endif /* 0 */

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