Where exactly will arch_fast_hash be used

[Herbert Xu]

Hi:

While working on rhashtable it came to me that this whole concept
of arch_fast_hash is flawed.  CRCs are linear functions so it's
fairly easy for an attacker to identify collisions or at least
eliminate a large amount of search space (e.g., controlling the
last bit of the hash result is almost trivial, even when you add
a random seed).

So what exactly are we going to use arch_fast_hash for? Presumably
it's places where security is never goint to be an issue, right?

Even if security wasn't an issue, straight CRC32 has really poor
lower-order bit distribution, which makes it a terrible choice for
a hash table that simply uses the lower-order bits.

Cheers,
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