# \[PATCH v1 2/5\] prandom: remove prandom\_u32\_max()

- From: Jason A. Donenfeld \<Jason@zx2c4.com\>
- Date: 2022-10-22 01:44:58 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2022/10/237586
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2022/10/237582/t.md

```text
With no more users left, we can finally remove this function. Its
replacement is get_random_u32_below().

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
---
 include/linux/prandom.h | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/prandom.h b/include/linux/prandom.h
index 1f4a0de7b019..8272c08f3951 100644
--- a/include/linux/prandom.h
+++ b/include/linux/prandom.h
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ 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))
 
-/* Deprecated: use get_random_u32_below() instead. */
-static inline u32 prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro)
-{
-	return get_random_u32_below(ep_ro);
-}
-
 /*
  * Handle minimum values for seeds
  */
-- 
2.38.1

```
