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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:26:26 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Martin Wilck <Martin.Wilck@Fujitsu-Siemens.com>
Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>,
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Subject: Re: ip_conntrack_hash() problem
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> I think the hash function should be fixed, not the possible choice of
> hash sizes, if that is at feasible.
I also agree with Martin that it is better to fix the hash function in
this case. Restricting to magic hash table sizes looks like a bad hack.

-Andi
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