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Rather than truncate a 32-bit value to a 16-bit value or an 8-bit value,
simply use the get_random_{u8,u16}() functions, which are faster than
wasting the additional bytes from a 32-bit value. This was done
mechanically with this coccinelle script:

@@
expression E;
identifier get_random_u32 =~ "get_random_int|prandom_u32|get_random_u32";
typedef u16;
typedef __be16;
typedef __le16;
typedef u8;
@@
(
- (get_random_u32() & 0xffff)
+ get_random_u16()
|
- (get_random_u32() & 0xff)
+ get_random_u8()
|
- (get_random_u32() % 65536)
+ get_random_u16()
|
- (get_random_u32() % 256)
+ get_random_u8()
|
- (get_random_u32() >> 16)
+ get_random_u16()
|
- (get_random_u32() >> 24)
+ get_random_u8()
|
- (u16)get_random_u32()
+ get_random_u16()
|
- (u8)get_random_u32()
+ get_random_u8()
|
- (__be16)get_random_u32()
+ (__be16)get_random_u16()
|
- (__le16)get_random_u32()
+ (__le16)get_random_u16()
|
- prandom_u32_max(65536)
+ get_random_u16()
|
- prandom_u32_max(256)...