Re: + syscalls-x86-add-__nr_kcmp-syscall-v8.patch added to -mm tree

H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-10T22:41:14Z

On 04/10/2012 03:37 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> + * bits even more (the oddity is important here, it allow
> + * us to have meaningful production even if multiplicants
> + * are big numbers).

I would be more clear:

"the odd multiplier guarantees that the product is unique ever after the
high bits are truncated, since any odd number is relative prime to 2^n".

-hpa