Re: [PATCH net-next v1] ipvs: fix multiplicative hashing in sh/dh/lblc/lblcr algorithms

[Vincent Bernat <vincent@xxxxxxxxx>]

 ❦  1 avril 2018 11:11 +0300, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx> :

>> -    return (ntohl(addr_fold)*2654435761UL) & IP_VS_DH_TAB_MASK;
>> +    return ((ntohl(addr_fold)*2654435761U) >>
>> +            (32 - IP_VS_DH_TAB_BITS)) &
>> +            IP_VS_DH_TAB_MASK;
>
>       Looks like the '& mask' part is not needed, still,
> it does not generate extra code. I see that other code uses
> hash_32(val, bits) from include/linux/hash.h but note that it
> used different ratio before Linux 4.7, in case someone backports
> this patch on old kernels. So, I don't have preference what should
> be used, may be return hash_32(ntohl(addr_fold), IP_VS_DH_TAB_BITS)
> is better.

I didn't notice this macro. I think this is a better option. Let me
amend the patch.
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