linux-kernel - Re: [Bcache v13 05/16] Export get_random

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 09:44:40 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, agk@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [Bcache v13 05/16] Export get_random_int()

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 11:09:13PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> This is needed for bcache - it needs a fast source of random numbers for
> the throttling code in order to fuzz IO sizes, but the random numbers
> don't need to be any good (and it immediately converts it to a
> binomially distributed random number with popcount anyways).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>

Please cc the maintainer (for other patches too).

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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