On 06/20/2013 02:40 PM, stef...@apache.org wrote:
Author: stefan2
Date: Thu Jun 20 21:40:50 2013
New Revision: 1495204
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1495204
Log:
Follow-up to r1495063: integer overflows result in an inefficient hash
function and reduce cache effectiveness.
* subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/tree.c
(cache_lookup): prevent unnecessary integer overflows in hash function
Hi Stefan,
I've been reading up on hash functions and am curious about this how
overflow can reduce cache effectiveness. Do you have any links or can
offer an explanation?
Thanks,
Blair
