prandom_u32_state(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this page is prandom_u32_state(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally: seeded pseudo-random number generator. ✨ no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

u32 prandom_u32_state (struct rnd_state *state );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• state — a pointer to the state structure holding the seeded state. that's the whole argument, bestie 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

this is used for pseudo-randomness with no outside seeding. periodt. if you want more random results, use get_random_u32 instead — the page says so, and we listen. 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./tools/include/linux/prandom.h
• prandom_seed_state(9)

and that's the cute sign-off, bestie: source/version ./tools/include/linux, dated October 2026. mwah 💋🎀