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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2012 21:32:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:	"Hans Schillstrom" <hans@...illstrom.com>
To:	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	"Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@...filter.org>,
	"Jozsef Kadlecsik" <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	"Hans Schillstrom" <hans.schillstrom@...csson.com>,
	"Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@...i.de>,
	"kaber@...sh.net" <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"jengelh@...ozas.de" <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	"netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org" <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dan.carpenter@...cle.com" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re[2]:  [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HMARK: endian bugs




>---- Original Message ----
>From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>To: "Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@...filter.org>
>Cc: "Jozsef Kadlecsik" <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>, "Hans Schillstrom" <hans.schillstrom@...csson.com>, "Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@...i.de>, "kaber@...sh.net" <kaber@...sh.net>, "jengelh@...ozas.de" <jengelh@...ozas.de>, "netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org" <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "dan.carpenter@...cle.com" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, "hans@...illstrom.com" <hans@...illstrom.com>
>Sent: Mon, May 14, 2012, 9:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HMARK: endian bugs
>
>On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 21:02 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
>
>> IIRC, Hans wants that, in case you have a cluster composed of system
>> with different endianess, the hash mark calculated will be the same
>> in both systems. To ensure that the distribution is consistent with
>> independency of the endianess.
>
>Then jhash() must be audited to make sure its output is OK with this
>requirement.

I'm preparing test on mips & ppc right now to verify that as a first step.

 

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