netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: add ipv6_addr

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:28:13 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew McGregor" <andrewmcgr@...il.com>,
	"Dave Taht" <dave.taht@...il.com>,
	"Tom Herbert" <therbert@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: add ipv6_addr_hash() helper

>  #define HASH_SIZE  32
> 
> -#define HASH(addr) ((__force u32)((addr)->s6_addr32[0] ^ (addr)->s6_addr32[1] ^ \
> -		     (addr)->s6_addr32[2] ^ (addr)->s6_addr32[3]) & \
> -		    (HASH_SIZE - 1))
> +#define HASH(addr) (ipv6_addr_hash(addr) & (HASH_SIZE - 1))

That hash doesn't seem to include many variable bits at all!
Especially on LE systems where it doesn't contain any of
the low bits of a mac address based IPv6 address.

	David