linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 12/26] xfs: rename random32() to prandom

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Message-ID: <20130104180755.GE30652@sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2013 12:07:55 -0600
From:	Ben Myers <bpm@....com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 12/26] xfs: rename random32() to prandom_u32()

Akinobu,

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:19:08PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Use more preferable function name which implies using a pseudo-random
> number generator.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> Cc: Ben Myers <bpm@....com>
> Cc: Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>
> Cc: xfs@....sgi.com

I didn't realize that random32 was a PRNG.  Thanks.

Acked-by: <bpm@....com>

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