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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/hash.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/hash.h b/include/linux/hash.h index 1afde47e1528..79c52fa81cac 100644 --- a/include/linux/hash.h +++ b/include/linux/hash.h @@ -32,12 +32,28 @@ #error Wordsize not 32 or 64 #endif +/* + * The above primes are actively bad for hashing, since they are + * too sparse. The 32-bit one is mostly ok, the 64-bit one causes + * real problems. Besides, the "prime" part is pointless for the + * multiplicative hash. + * + * Although a random odd number will do, it turns out that the golden + * ratio phi = (sqrt(5)-1)/2, or its negative, has particularly nice + * properties. + * + * These are the negative, (1 - phi) = (phi^2) = (3 - sqrt(5))/2. + * (See Knuth vol 3, section 6.4, exercise 9.) + */ +#define GOLDEN_RATIO_32 0x61C88647 +#define GOLDEN_RATIO_64 0x61C8864680B583EBull + static __always_inline u64 hash_64(u64 val, unsigned int bits) { u64 hash = val; -#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64 - hash = hash * GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME_64; +#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64 + hash = hash * GOLDEN_RATIO_64; #else /* Sigh, gcc can't optimise this alone like it does for 32 bits. */ u64 n = hash; |