netdev - Re: [PATCH 03/11] batman-adv: randomize initial seqno to avoid collision

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Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:42:03 +0200
From:	Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...istici.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
	lindner_marek@...oo.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] batman-adv: randomize initial seqno to avoid
 collision

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:45:27 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...istici.org>
> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:58:19 +0200
> 
> > @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
> >  static void bat_iv_ogm_iface_enable(struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
> >  {
> >  	struct batman_ogm_packet *batman_ogm_packet;
> > +	unsigned long random_seqno;
> > +
> > +	/* randomize initial seqno to avoid collision */
> > +	get_random_bytes(&random_seqno, sizeof(unsigned long));
> > +	atomic_set(&hard_iface->seqno, (uint32_t)random_seqno);
> 
> This is silly.
> 
> Just use "uint32_t" for the type of random_seqno and the sizeof passed
> to get_random_bytes.
> 
> And here comes the magic part.
> 
> Amazing, no ugly and pointless casts needed!

I agree :-)
Thank you for the suggestion.

Cheers,

-- 
Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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