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Re:Hidden latency in the Linux network stack by readams on Thursday April 07, 2016 @01:00PM (#11448776)
They might hash the source port also. Maybe they didn't mention this.
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Re:Hidden latency in the Linux network stack by charliedevolve on Thursday April 07, 2016 @01:04PM (#11448809)
Mixing in the source port might be a good way to fix that hash function.
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Re:Hidden latency in the Linux network stack by seabee on Thursday April 07, 2016 @02:12PM (#11449319)
The hash is used to find listening sockets. Source port doesn't help you there.

Destination IP is a reasonable addition to the hash function, however.

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