netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Use Toeplitz for IPv4 and IPv6 connection hashing

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Date:	Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:26:02 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Use Toeplitz for IPv4 and IPv6 connection hashing

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:44:51 -0700 (PDT)
> Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com> wrote:
>
>> Toeplitz
>>   IPv4
>>     58.72% CPU utilization
>>     110/146/198 90/95/99% latencies
>>     1.72549e+06 tps
>>   IPv6
>>     72.38% CPU utilization
>>     117/168/255 90/95/99% latencies
>>     1.58545e+06 tps
>>
>> Jhash
>>   IPv4
>>     57.67% CPU utilization
>>     111/146/196 90/95/99% latencies
>>     1.71574e+06 tps
>>   IPv6
>>     71.84% CPU utilization
>>     117/166/248 90/95/99% latencies
>>     1.59359e+06 tps
>
> It looks slower and more complex than Jhash, what is the benefit?
> Have you investigated using Murmur instead?

Benefit would be to leverage and be compatible HW hash computation...
perhaps this is just an intellectual curiosity :-)
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