[vdo-devel] [dm-devel] [PATCH v2 02/39] Add the MurmurHash3 fast hashing algorithm.

[Eric Biggers]

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 05:45:02PM -0400, J. corwin Coburn wrote:
> MurmurHash3 is a fast, non-cryptographic, 128-bit hash. It was originally
> written by Austin Appleby and placed in the public domain. This version has
> been modified to produce the same result on both big endian and little
> endian processors, making it suitable for use in portable persistent data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: J. corwin Coburn <corwin at redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/dm-vdo/murmurhash3.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/md/dm-vdo/murmurhash3.h |  15 +++
>  2 files changed, 190 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/md/dm-vdo/murmurhash3.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/md/dm-vdo/murmurhash3.h

Do we really need yet another hash algorithm?

xxHash is another very fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm that is already
available in the kernel (lib/xxhash.c).

- Eric