Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964854AbWEaHKI (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 May 2006 03:10:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964858AbWEaHKI (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 May 2006 03:10:08 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:15503 "EHLO sunset.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964854AbWEaHKH (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 May 2006 03:10:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 00:10:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060531.001027.60486156.davem@davemloft.net> To: bidulock@openss7.org Cc: draghuram@rocketmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Question about tcp hash function tcp_hashfn() From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20060530235525.A30563@openss7.org> References: <20060531042908.10463.qmail@web51410.mail.yahoo.com> <20060530235525.A30563@openss7.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 711 Lines: 18 From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/