netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: use a stronger hash for tcp

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Message-ID: <m2fw0pxm6b.fsf@firstfloor.org>
Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:49:16 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	ncardwell@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: use a stronger hash for tcp

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:
>
> I bet we can consolidate this slightly, to make it less
> expensive yet not give up much in terms of protection.  Two
> jhash3word()'s is quite a lot.

jhash is not really the state of the art for general hashing anymore,
murmur3 or cityhash are generally considered faster/possibly better.

-Andi

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