Re: Question about tcp hash function tcp_hashfn()

David Miller
2006-06-01T06:18:08Z

From: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:12:36 +0400

> I've present the new simple code and test results which show
> that folded and not folded Jenkins hashes _do_ produce _exactly_ the
> same distribution.

Ok I believe you now :)

> I think I've already said that fairly distributed values being xored
> produce still fairly distributed value, so parts of 32bit fairly
> distributed hash after being xored with each other still produce fairly
> distributed 32bit space.

It would make a good research paper for someone mathmatically
inclined enough :)