On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote: > - while the hash function problem _can_ cause really huge slowdowns in > some unlucky situations, it actually causes noticeable performance > issues even for normal situations. Yes, using a 32 bits multiplier on a 64 bits machine transform the almost O(1) hash performance to a crappy O(N) list performance. you notice that in every diff operation, independently from the content. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html