linux-kernel - Re: Faulty has_zero()? (was: .. anybody know of any filesystems that depend on the exact VFS 'namehash' implementation?)

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Message-Id: <F2F3AB09-6F88-446D-BA53-7CFF5292E1CD@anderson.de>
Date:	Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:00:20 +0100
From:	Sven Anderson <sven@...erson.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Faulty has_zero()? (was: .. anybody know of any filesystems that depend on the exact VFS 'namehash' implementation?)


Am 17.03.2012 um 17:53 schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> This is why the algorithm is fundamentally little-endian only. You may
> have confused your test-case on a big-endian machine. On big-endian,
> you would need to do a byte-switching load.

Alright, I ignorantly assumed big-endian by interpreting the "first" as coming from the left side in the integer literals. *D'oh*
Sorry, and thanks for taking the time to explain it to me.


Best regards,

Sven

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