netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] soreuseport: infrastructure

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Message-ID: <20130115075323.64b2fdc7@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:53:23 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...kandruth.co.uk, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] soreuseport: infrastructure

On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:18 -0800 (PST)
Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:

> +/* Pseudo random number generator from numerical recipes. */
> +static inline u32 next_pseudo_random32(u32 seed)
> +{
> +	return seed * 1664525 + 1013904223;
> +}
> +

Don't reimplement a pseudo random number generator, there already
exists net_random() 
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