linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow 32-bit and 64-bit hashes

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612040746170.3476@woody.osdl.org>
Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:46:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow 32-bit and 64-bit hashes



On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
> The sym2 driver would like to hash a u32 value, and it could just
> call hash_long() and rely on integer promotion on 64-bit machines, but
> that seems a little wasteful.

Hmm. It would appear that the <linux/hash.h> file now needs 
<linux/types.h>, no?

I do think it's a good change otherwise.

		Linus
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