linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/hash: swap parameters of crc32

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Message-Id: <530B523C020000780011EC49@nat28.tlf.novell.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:07:56 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	"Daniel Borkmann" <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <mingo@...e.hu>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<ffusco@...hat.com>, <tgraf@...hat.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/hash: swap parameters of crc32_u32()

>>> On 24.02.14 at 14:01, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> I never expected that the CRC32 operation would be commutative.  Very 
> fascinating.

Neither did I, which is why I was very surprised for Daniel to say that
things worked with the apparently wrong order.

Jan

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