Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] eal: add PRNG to MAINTAINERS and release notes

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

05/06/2019 12:44, Mattias Rönnblom:
> Add a section on PRNG in MAINTAINERS, and information on the PRNG
> improvements in the 19.08 release notes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> +Pseudo-random Number Generation
> +M: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>
> +F: lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_random.h
> +F: lib/librte_eal/common/rte_random.c
> +F: app/test/test_rand_perf.c

Please, this file may be updated while adding the files
in previous patches.
Same progressive update can be done for the release notes.

> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> +* **Updated the EAL Pseudo-random Number Generator.**
> +
> +  The lrand48()-based rte_rand() function is replaced with a
> +  DPDK-native combined Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR)
> +  pseudo-random number generator (PRNG).
> +
> +  This new PRNG implementation is multi-thread safe, provides
> +  higher-quality pseudo-random numbers (including full 64 bit
> +  support) and improved performance.
> +
> +  In addition, <rte_random.h> is extended with a new function
> +  rte_rand_max() which supplies unbiased, bounded pseudo-random
> +  numbers.