Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <154482-24313>; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:19:02 -0400 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:13608 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE[2]") by vger.rutgers.edu with SMTP id <154542-24313>; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:11:03 -0400 Message-ID: <19980825124627.12622.qmail@mail.ocs.com.au> From: Keith Owens To: "David S. Miller" cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Fuzzy hash stuff.. (was Re: 2.1.xxx makes Electric Fence 22x slower) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Aug 1998 01:33:14 MST." <199808250833.BAA32289@dm.cobaltmicro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:47:26 +1000 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Content-Length: 803 Lines: 18 On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 01:33:14 -0700, "David S. Miller" wrote: >As promised here is my work in progress fuzzy hash VMA lookup stuff. > >The fuzzy hashing scheme used here was first formulated by Thomas >Schoebel, I fixed all the minor quirks and bugs in his initial >formulation and together we converged on the algorithm as used here. Lots of code with very few comments snipped. Come on Davem, make it understandable for us mere mortals. If it took two people to fix quirks and bugs and converge the algorithm, surely a few notes on how it works would not go astray. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html