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random: simplify API for random address requests
To date, all callers of randomize_range() have set the length to 0, and check for a zero return value. For the current callers, the only way to get zero returned is if end <= start. Since they are all adding a constant to the start address, this is unnecessary. We can remove a bunch of needless checks by simplifying the API to do just what everyone wants, return an address between [start, start + range). While we're here, s/get_random_int/get_random_long/. No current call site is adversely affected by get_random_int(), since all current range requests are < UINT_MAX. However, we should match caller expectations to avoid coming up short (ha!) in the future. All current callers to randomize_range() chose to use the start address if randomize_range() failed. Therefore, we simplify things by just returning the start address on error. randomize_range() will be removed once all callers have been converted over to randomize_addr(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jason Cooper <[email protected]> Acked-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Cc: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]> Cc: "Roberts, William C" <[email protected]> Cc: Yann Droneaud <[email protected]> Cc: Russell King <[email protected]> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Cc: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]> Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Cc: Ralf Baechle <[email protected]> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> Cc: Nick Kralevich <[email protected]> Cc: Jeffrey Vander Stoep <[email protected]> Cc: Daniel Cashman <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Metcalf <[email protected]> Cc: Guan Xuetao <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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