Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] ovs: introduce arch-specific fast hashing improvements

From: Francesco Fusco <redacted>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:09:04 +0100

We are introducing a fast hash function (see patch1) that can be
used in the context of OpenVSwitch to reduce the hashing footprint
(patch2). For details, please see individual patches!

No objections from my side, I'll let the x86 folks get a chance to
review this.  I can add this optimization on sparc64 chips that have
the crc instructions too.

I think we'll need to add implementations hash_3words, hash_2words,
and hash_1word when we try to take advantage of this in the networking
more generally.