linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 09/26] infiniband: rename random32() to prandom

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Message-ID: <50E70E48.3010900@opengridcomputing.com>
Date:	Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:15:52 -0600
From:	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	Steve Wise <swise@...lsio.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 09/26] infiniband: rename random32() to prandom_u32()

I'm asking: why are you bothering with renaming the functions?  This 
seems like a needless change, _unless_ there are really 
non-pseudo-random services being added.

On 1/4/2013 7:45 AM, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> 2013/1/4 Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>:
>> Are there other "non pseudo-random" services that warrant this rename?
> I couldn't understand your question very well.  So I'm not sure this is
> the expected answer:
> I only renamed pseudo-random functions defined in lib/random32.c in the
> commit 496f2f93 ("random32: rename random32 to prandom").
> This patch series aims for finishing the naming transition and removing
> the backword compatibility wrapper macros.  Non pseudo-random functions
> are unrelated to this patch series.

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