On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM Eric Dumazet [off-list ref] wrote:

Instead of only using the 32 low order bits of the local address,
use all of them.

Xor net_hash_mix(net) with the 32 high order bits of the local address
so that we can use __jhash_mix() three times.

If we were hashing 4 extra bytes, we would need one __jhash_final()
which is a bit expensive.

Using net_hash_mix() at the beginning allows beter register allocation.

We no longer use a cascade of two jhash and inet6_ehash_secret,
this was dubious/weak.

Add a comment explaining why @lport is not part of the jhash computation.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.0 vmlinux.1
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-24 (-24)
Function                                     old     new   delta
inet6_ehashfn                                330     306     -24
Total: Before=24855958, After=24855934, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>