netdev - Re: [PATCHv9] macvlan: add source mode

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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:25:53 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Michael Braun <michael-dev@...i-braun.de>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<projekt-wlan@....tu-ilmenau.de>, Stefan Gula <steweg@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv9] macvlan: add source mode

On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:49:46 +0100
Michael Braun <michael-dev@...i-braun.de> wrote:

> +static void macvlan_forward_sources(struct sk_buff *skb,
> +				    struct macvlan_port *port,
> +				    const unsigned char *addr)
> +{
> +	struct macvlan_source_list *list;
> +	struct hlist_head *h = &port->vlan_source_hash[addr[5]];
> +

If you are going to use a hash table, better to use a real hash function.
It could be as simple as jhash, or you could be faster/smaller
by putting ether address into 64 bit number and using hash_64.
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