netdev - Re: [RESEND][PATCH 1/3] PPPoE: improved hashing routine

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:51:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	florz@...rz.de
Cc:	mostrows@...thlink.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH 1/3] PPPoE: improved hashing routine

From: Florian Zumbiehl <florz@...rz.de>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:05:47 +0200

> A few variations I tried back when I created the patch, using larger
> things than a char for accumulating the pieces and then folding down
> from that, turned out to be slower than what I finally submitted, at
> least on the machines I tested it on. I didn't do comprehensive testing,
> as it really doesn't matter, after all, but I think the version I
> submitted is pretty fast, plus it's quite readable, and it keeps the
> flexibility of different hash sizes, but still should allow the
> compiler to optimize away the loops that allow for this flexibility.

Therefore, I've put your original patch into the tree :-)

Thanks.
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