Re: Question about tcp hash function tcp_hashfn()

[David Miller]

From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 23:55:26 -0600

> For example, it goes to great pains to permute upper order bits in
> the local address, which for most connections will be a constant
> value.

Consider an apache server hosting thousands of virtual
hosts.  The local address will be different for every
such host.

Please drop linux-kernel in any future replies, this
discussion belongs on netdev not linux-kernel.  Thanks.
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