Re: svn commit: r1388816 - in /subversion/branches/10Gb/subversion: include/private/svn_pseudo_md5.h libsvn_subr/cache-membuffer.c libsvn_subr/pseudo_md5.c tests/libsvn_subr/checksum-test.c

On 09/22/2012 08:14 AM, stefan2_at_apache.org wrote:
> Author: stefan2
> Date: Sat Sep 22 15:14:25 2012
> New Revision: 1388816
>
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1388816&view=rev
> Log:
> On the 10Gb branch: Introduce MD5-based hash functions optimized
> for short input lengths. Use these to speed up membuffer access.

How much faster is it than a plain MD5?

If we only need it for hashing, did you look at using a more well known
hashing function, e.g. FNV [1] or murmur [2]?

Also, can you include URLs where you downloaded the code from in the log
message and code.

Blair

[1] http://isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv/
[2] https://sites.google.com/site/murmurhash/
Received on 2012-09-22 20:15:08 CEST