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Message-ID: <Y3axaspOlt/oEDhw@zx2c4.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:10:50 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_inclusive() when
 possible

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:57:13PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> The only comment I have is that maybe these cases can just be left as-is
> with _below()?
> 
> > -             size_t len = get_random_u32_below(rs) + gs;
> > +             size_t len = get_random_u32_inclusive(gs, rs + gs - 1);
> 
> It seems like writing it in the form of base plus [0, limit) is clearer?
> 
> 		size_t len = gs + get_random_u32_below(rs);
> 
> But there is only a handful, so *shrug*

Okay, I'll drop that one.

Jason

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