Re: [PATCH 4/7] lib/random32.c: Use <asm/unaligned.h> instead of hand-rolling it
From: George Spelvin
Date: Sun Jun 08 2014 - 08:42:20 EST
> Seems fine by me, since it's random anyway archs might not care
> about the *_le32, though this might yield additional work in some
> cases I presume.
If you think that's okay, sure. I kept it consistent to get byte-for-byte
identical results.
If variations in that are allowed, that can also
simplify the trailing storage case:
+ if (bytes & 2)
+ put_unaligned_le16((u16)random, p+i);
+ if (bytes & 1)
+ p[i+bytes-1] = (u8)(random >> 16);
>> + for (i = 0; i < round_down(bytes, sizeof(u32)); i += sizeof(u32))
>> + put_unaligned_le32(prandom_u32_state(state), p+i);
> Nit: 'p + i'
I don't really care, but I'm happy without the spaces; I add them
to show what binds more weakly, and in this case that's the
argument-separating comma.
>> + p[i] = (u8)random;
> Nit: '(u8) random'
Actually, my style and most of the kerel is to not put
a space in a cast, since it binds so tighty.
E.g. compare
git grep ')[a-z]' kernel/
git grep ') [a-z]' kernel/
Notice that the second is alsmost all comments.
(There are some spaces in kernel/ptrace.v.)
I'd rather leave it without the space unless you feel
very strongly about it.
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