selinux: improve symtab string hashing
The number of buckets is calculated by performing a binary AND against the mask of the hash table, which is one less than its size (which is a power of two). This leads to all top bits being discarded, requiring for short or similar inputs a hash function with a good avalanche effect. Use djb2a: # current common prefixes: 7 entries and 5/8 buckets used, longest chain length 2, sum of chain length^2 11 classes: 134 entries and 100/256 buckets used, longest chain length 5, sum of chain length^2 234 roles: 15 entries and 6/16 buckets used, longest chain length 5, sum of chain length^2 57 types: 4448 entries and 3016/8192 buckets used, longest chain length 41, sum of chain length^2 14922 users: 7 entries and 3/8 buckets used, longest chain length 3, sum of chain length^2 17 bools: 306 entries and 221/512 buckets used, longest chain length 4, sum of chain length^2 524 levels: 1 entries and 1/1 buckets used, longest chain length 1, sum of chain length^2 1 categories: 1024 entries and 400/1024 buckets used, longest chain length 4, sum of chain length^2 2740 # patch common prefixes: 7 entries and 5/8 buckets used, longest chain length 2, sum of chain length^2 11 classes: 134 entries and 101/256 buckets used, longest chain length 3, sum of chain length^2 210 roles: 15 entries and 9/16 buckets used, longest chain length 3, sum of chain length^2 31 types: 4448 entries and 3459/8192 buckets used, longest chain length 5, sum of chain length^2 6778 users: 7 entries and 5/8 buckets used, longest chain length 3, sum of chain length^2 13 bools: 306 entries and 236/512 buckets used, longest chain length 5, sum of chain length^2 470 levels: 1 entries and 1/1 buckets used, longest chain length 1, sum of chain length^2 1 categories: 1024 entries and 518/1024 buckets used, longest chain length 7, sum of chain length^2 2992 Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com> [PM: line length fixes in the commit message] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
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