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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 22:24:23 +0800 From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> To: George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, dborkman@...hat.com, hannes@...essinduktion.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, tgraf@...g.ch, tytso@....edu Subject: Re: Where exactly will arch_fast_hash be used On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 08:23:05AM -0500, George Spelvin wrote: > > Okay, I'm confused. *What* scheme? The arch_fast_hash interface doesn't > have any provision for a secret. Because there's no point to having one; It does actually, in the form of the seed parameter. That's why it's so bad: it pretends to be a semi-secure hash function that people will use in hash tables. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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