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diff --git a/include/linux/stringhash.h b/include/linux/stringhash.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..451771d9b9c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/stringhash.h @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +#ifndef __LINUX_STRINGHASH_H +#define __LINUX_STRINGHASH_H + +#include <linux/compiler.h> /* For __pure */ +#include <linux/types.h> /* For u32, u64 */ + +/* + * Routines for hashing strings of bytes to a 32-bit hash value. + * + * These hash functions are NOT GUARANTEED STABLE between kernel + * versions, architectures, or even repeated boots of the same kernel. + * (E.g. they may depend on boot-time hardware detection or be + * deliberately randomized.) + * + * They are also not intended to be secure against collisions caused by + * malicious inputs; much slower hash functions are required for that. + * + * They are optimized for pathname components, meaning short strings. + * Even if a majority of files have longer names, the dynamic profile of + * pathname components skews short due to short directory names. + * (E.g. /usr/lib/libsesquipedalianism.so.3.141.) + */ + +/* + * Version 1: one byte at a time. Example of use: + * + * unsigned long hash = init_name_hash; + * while (*p) + * hash = partial_name_hash(tolower(*p++), hash); + * hash = end_name_hash(hash); + * + * Although this is designed for bytes, fs/hfsplus/unicode.c + * abuses it to hash 16-bit values. + */ + +/* Hash courtesy of the R5 hash in reiserfs modulo sign bits */ +#define init_name_hash() 0 + +/* partial hash update function. Assume roughly 4 bits per character */ +static inline unsigned long +partial_name_hash(unsigned long c, unsigned long prevhash) +{ + return (prevhash + (c << 4) + (c >> 4)) * 11; +} + +/* + * Finally: cut down the number of bits to a int value (and try to avoid + * losing bits) + */ +static inline unsigned long end_name_hash(unsigned long hash) +{ + return (unsigned int)hash; +} + +/* + * Version 2: One word (32 or 64 bits) at a time. + * If CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS is defined (meaning <asm/word-at-a-time.h> + * exists, which describes major Linux platforms like x86 and ARM), then + * this computes a different hash function much faster. + * + * If not set, this falls back to a wrapper around the preceding. + */ +extern unsigned int __pure full_name_hash(const char *, unsigned int); + +/* + * A hash_len is a u64 with the hash of a string in the low + * half and the length in the high half. + */ +#define hashlen_hash(hashlen) ((u32)(hashlen)) +#define hashlen_len(hashlen) ((u32)((hashlen) >> 32)) +#define hashlen_create(hash, len) ((u64)(len)<<32 | (u32)(hash)) + +/* Return the "hash_len" (hash and length) of a null-terminated string */ +extern u64 __pure hashlen_string(const char *name); + +#endif /* __LINUX_STRINGHASH_H */ |