Re[2]: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HMARK: endian bugs

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "Jozsef Kadlecsik" <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Hans Schillstrom" <hans.schillstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@xxxxxxx>, "kaber@xxxxxxxxx" <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>, "jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx" <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>, "netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx" <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>, "hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Mon, May 14, 2012, 9:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HMARK: endian bugs
>
>On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 21:02 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
>
>> IIRC, Hans wants that, in case you have a cluster composed of system
>> with different endianess, the hash mark calculated will be the same
>> in both systems. To ensure that the distribution is consistent with
>> independency of the endianess.
>
>Then jhash() must be audited to make sure its output is OK with this
>requirement.

I'm preparing test on mips & ppc right now to verify that as a first step.

 

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