[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] hash: document rte_jhash() boundary behavior

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Tue Sep 19 15:33:08 CEST 2017



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Chas Williams
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 8:48 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>; Chas Williams <chas3 at att.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] hash: document rte_jhash() boundary behavior
> 
> From: Chas Williams <chas3 at att.com>
> 
> Due to the uint32_t accesses in the hash computation, keys that aren't
> aligned to a uint32_t boundary or multiples of uint32_t in length, may see
> accesses beyond the end of the key.  This may cross a page boundary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas3 at att.com> 


Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>




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