From: Theodore Ts'o
> Sent: 17 November 2022 15:43
...
> The problem with "between", "ranged", "spanning" is that they don't
> tell the reader whether we're dealing with an "open interval" or a
> "closed interval". They are just different ways of saying that it's a
> range between, say, 0 and 20.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 10:42:37AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:47:27PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > >> > - between
> > >> > - ranged
> > >> > - spanning
> > >> >
> > >> > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm
> > >> > - amid
> > >> >
> > >> >
On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:47:27PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> > - between
> >> > - ranged
> >> > - spanning
> >> >
> >> > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm
> >> > - amid
> >> >
> >> > Sigh, names.
> >>
> >> I think "inclusive" is best.
> >
> >I find it not very
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 03:05:14AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > 1) How/whether to make f(0, UR2_MAX) safe,
> >- without additional 64-bit arithmetic,
> >- minimizing the number of branches.
> >I have a few
On November 16, 2022 4:43:54 PM PST, "Jason A. Donenfeld"
wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:31:18PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:03:14AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>> > > 2) What to call it:
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> 1) How/whether to make f(0, UR2_MAX) safe,
>- without additional 64-bit arithmetic,
>- minimizing the number of branches.
>I have a few ideas I'll code golf for a bit.
> I think I can make progress with (1) alone by
On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:31:18PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:03:14AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > > 2) What to call it:
> > >- between I still like, because it mirrors "I'm thinking of a
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:03:14AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > 2) What to call it:
> >- between I still like, because it mirrors "I'm thinking of a number
> > between 1 and 10 and..." that everybody knows,
> >
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:55:47AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> 2) What to call it:
>- between I still like, because it mirrors "I'm thinking of a number
> between 1 and 10 and..." that everybody knows,
>- inclusive I guess works, but it's not a preposition,
>- bikeshed
On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 02:43:13PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:45:58PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > - (get_random_u32_below(1024) + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
> > + get_random_u32_between(1, 1024 + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
>
> I
On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:45:58PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> - (get_random_u32_below(1024) + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
> + get_random_u32_between(1, 1024 + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
I really don't like "between". Can't this be named "inclusive" (and
These cases were done with this Coccinelle:
@@
expression H;
expression L;
@@
- (get_random_u32_below(H) + L)
+ get_random_u32_between(L, H + L)
@@
expression H;
expression L;
expression E;
@@
get_random_u32_between(L,
H
- + E
- - E
)
@@
expression H;
expression L;
expression E;
@@
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