[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 00/10] update jhash function

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-06-12 11:37, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 04:25:17PM +0100, Pablo de Lara wrote:
> > Jenkins hash function was developed originally in 1996,
> > and was integrated in first versions of DPDK.
> > The function has been improved in 2006,
> > achieving up to 35% better performance, compared to the original one.
> > 
> > This patchset updates the current jhash in DPDK,
> > including two new functions that generate two hashes from a single key.
> > 
> > It also separates the existing hash function performance tests to
> > another file, to make it quicker to run, and add new unit tests.
> > 
> > changes in v6:
> > - Use RTE_DIM macro, so it saves lines of code
> > - Correct mistaken performance improvement
> > - Add deprecated attribute, instead of printing a message calling it
> > - Add note stating the changes in release notes
> > 
> > changes in v5:
> > - Add functional tests (mainly to test that all functions 
> >   return the expected hash values)
> > - Modify range of key sizes to test
> > - Change order of output for perf tests, so it is clearer
> >   to compare different hash functions for same key size/initial value
> > - Add new initial value to test in the hash functions
> > - Fix some errors caught by checkpatch
> >  
> > changes in v4:
> > - Simplify key alignment checks
> > - Include missing x86 arch check
> > 
> > changes in v3:
> > 
> > - Update rte_jhash_1word, rte_jhash_2words and rte_jhash_3words
> >   functions
> > 
> > changes in v2:
> > 
> > - Split single commit in three commits, one that updates the existing functions
> >   and another that adds two new functions and use one of those functions
> >   as a base to be called by the other ones.
> > - Remove some unnecessary ifdefs in the code.
> > - Add new macros to help on the reutilization of constants
> > - Separate hash function performance tests to another file
> >   and improve cycle measurements.
> > - Rename existing function rte_jhash2 to rte_jhash_32b
> >   (something more meaninful) and mark rte_jhash2 as
> >   deprecated
> >
> Thanks for the all the work, and rework, Pablo.
> 
> Series Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Applied, thanks
Some doxygen typos has been fixed on the fly.