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Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 schrieb Satyam Sharma:
> But, I'm not sure they'd be operating against a known target -- I don't
> really know what exactly would be hashed, but if it's kernel printk()
> messages (the format string, obviously), then please remember that
> new messages would get added all the time, and unless we're also
> willing to change the hash function every time a printk() gets added
> to the kernel (whew!) it's going to be a problem -- especially because
> we don't really want to generate new hash functions for every kernel
> version / or for every kernel build, because we'd obviously like the
> same error message to hash to the same value across versions.

I suggest exactly that you build a new hash function for every build.
Nothing but your translating demon need ever see it. We build a new
System.map every time and it doesn't hurt.

Regards
Oliver

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