Re: [patch] arca-vm-2.2.5

[Chuck Lever <cel@monkey.org>]

On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >i guess i'm confused then.  what good does this change do:
> 
> Hmm I think I misunderstood you point, Chuck. I thought you was
> complaining about the fact that some hash entry could be unused and other
> overloaded

yes, you understood correctly.

> but I was just assuming that the offset is always page-aligned.
> I could write a simulation to check the hash function...

i didn't realize that the "offset" argument would always be page-aligned.
but still, why does it help to add the unshifted "offset"?  doesn't seem
like there's any new information in that.

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