Re: [PATCH] dcache: better name hash function

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Oct 27 2009 - 01:24:16 EST

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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:19:44 -0700 (PDT)

> How important is saving the one division, versus getting better
> distribution.

80 cpu cycles or more on some processors. Cheaper to use
jenkins with a power-of-2 sized hash.
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