linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: fold network name hash (v2)

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Message-Id: <20091028.022856.178916261.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:28:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, opurdila@...acom.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fold network name hash (v2)

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:07:10 +0100

> You should therefore use hash_32(hash, NETDEV_HASHBITS),
> not hash_long() that maps to hash_64() on 64 bit arches, which is
> slower and certainly not any better with a 32bits input.

Agreed.
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