netdev - Re: [DRAFT PATCH] random32: make prandom

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Message-ID: <20200809160811.GA25124@SDF.ORG>
Date:   Sun, 9 Aug 2020 16:08:11 +0000
From:   George Spelvin <lkml@....ORG>
To:     Amit Klein <aksecurity@...il.com>
Cc:     Jason@...c4.com, edumazet@...gle.com, fw@...len.de,
        keescook@...omium.org, lkml.mplumb@...il.com, luto@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tytso@....edu, w@....eu
Subject: Re: [DRAFT PATCH] random32: make prandom_u32() output unpredictable

On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 11:26:31AM +0300, Amit Klein wrote:
> BITS_PER_LONG==23 ???
> Should be ==32, I guess.

Of course.  I've been testing on a 64-bit system so hadn't
exercised that branch yet, and it's a case of "seeing what
I expect to see".