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1 /* $NetBSD: uuid_hash.c,v 1.1 2004/09/13 21:44:54 thorpej Exp $ */
3 /*-
4 * Copyright (c) 2002 Marcel Moolenaar
5 * Copyright (c) 2002 Hiten Mahesh Pandya
6 * All rights reserved.
8 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
9 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
10 * are met:
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17 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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20 * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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26 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
27 * SUCH DAMAGE.
29 * $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/uuid/uuid_hash.c,v 1.2 2003/08/08 19:18:43 marcel Exp $
32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
34 __RCSID("$NetBSD: uuid_hash.c,v 1.1 2004/09/13 21:44:54 thorpej Exp $");
35 #endif
37 #include "namespace.h"
39 #include <uuid.h>
42 * uuid_hash() - generate a hash value.
43 * See also:
44 * http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009629399/uuid_hash.htm
46 uint16_t
47 uuid_hash(const uuid_t *u, uint32_t *status)
50 if (status)
51 *status = uuid_s_ok;
54 * Use the most frequently changing bits in the UUID as the hash
55 * value. This should yield a good enough distribution...
57 return ((u) ? u->time_low & 0xffff : 0);