netdev - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Improve hash function used for full_name

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:29:12 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	guenter.roeck@...csson.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Improve hash function used for full_name_hash()

On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:09:44 -0800
Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com> wrote:

> For example, when hashing "eth0" .. "eth9999" with a hash table size of 256,
> the resulting minimum hash bucket depth is 0, the maximum depth is 563,
> and the standard deviation is ~136.

The problem was a missing call to hash_32() on the result, and is
already fixed in current kernel.

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