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    SubjectRe: Patch 4/6 randomize the stack pointer
    Horst von Brand wrote:
    > Julien TINNES <julien.tinnes.NOSPAM@francetelecom.REMOVE.com> said:
    >
    >>Not very important but ((get_random_int() % 4096) << 4) could be
    >>optimized into get_random_int() & 0xFFF0.
    >
    >
    > Check first if the compiler doesn't do it by itself.

    The compiler cannot guess that get_random_int() gives a random result.
    %4096 and & 0xFFF is'nt the same operation. But (get_random_int() %
    4096) and (get_random_int() & 0xFFF) gives the same result: a random
    number between 0 and 4095, without loss of entropy because 0xFFF has no
    0 bit.

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    Julien TINNES - & france telecom - R&D Division/MAPS/NSS
    Research Engineer - Internet/Intranet Security
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