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Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 11:07:15 +0400 From: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...ru> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...nvz.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Consolidate udp hash calculations David Miller wrote: > From: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...ru> > Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 18:51:36 +0400 > >> Make access to udphash/udplitehash symmetrical to inet hashes. >> >> This may also help network namespaces, since they tend to use >> one hash for different namespaces by selecting the hash chain >> depending on a hash value and the namespace. >> >> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org> > > This is not the "UDP Hash Function", it is a mask to bring > the hash value modulo of the hash table size. > > So your function name is misleading and makes the code > even worse. > > I'm also not so sure this cleanup really adds any clarity, > even with a proper function name. The same is applicable to inet_lhashfn and inet_bhashfn, but they are called hashfn-s and do exist in kernel. This hashfn will make things look similar. > I can only assume you wish to do something with the UDP hash table > sizes, and therefore only want to have a need to touch one function. You are right, I have told that this must help network namespaces, by making the hash differ depending on the namespace passed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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