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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/prandom.h b/include/linux/prandom.h
index e0a0759dd09c..c94c02ba065c 100644
--- a/include/linux/prandom.h
+++ b/include/linux/prandom.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#define _LINUX_PRANDOM_H
#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/once.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
@@ -23,24 +24,10 @@ void prandom_seed_full_state(struct rnd_state __percpu *pcpu_state);
#define prandom_init_once(pcpu_state) \
DO_ONCE(prandom_seed_full_state, (pcpu_state))
-/**
- * prandom_u32_max - returns a pseudo-random number in interval [0, ep_ro)
- * @ep_ro: right open interval endpoint
- *
- * Returns a pseudo-random number that is in interval [0, ep_ro). This is
- * useful when requesting a random index of an array containing ep_ro elements,
- * for example. The result is somewhat biased when ep_ro is not a power of 2,
- * so do not use this for cryptographic purposes.
- *
- * Returns: pseudo-random number in interval [0, ep_ro)
- */
+/* Deprecated: use get_random_u32_below() instead. */
static inline u32 prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro)
{
- if (__builtin_constant_p(ep_ro <= 1U << 8) && ep_ro <= 1U << 8)
- return (get_random_u8() * ep_ro) >> 8;
- if (__builtin_constant_p(ep_ro <= 1U << 16) && ep_ro <= 1U << 16)
- return (get_random_u16() * ep_ro) >> 16;
- return ((u64)get_random_u32() * ep_ro) >> 32;
+ return get_random_u32_below(ep_ro);
}
/*