linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] Make efi-pstore return a unique id

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Date:	Fri, 1 Nov 2013 20:57:34 +0000
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
CC:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>, Madper Xie <cxie@...hat.com>,
	"matt.fleming@...el.com" <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux EFI <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	谢成骏 <bbboson@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Make efi-pstore return a unique id

> What about feeding the bytes of all three integers into a non-cryptographic hash function?
> Using this way you get a cheap unique id.

It is reasonable to me.

Seiji