hashlittle.h File Reference

Functions
uint32_t	hashlittle (const void *key, size_t length, uint32_t initval)

Detailed Description

Hash a memory region to get uint32. Do not use on floating precision data.

Function Documentation

hashlittle()

uint32_t hashlittle	(	const void *	key,
		size_t	length,
		uint32_t	initval
	)

hashlittle.c contains a hash function used to hash a chunk of data and return a hash number that can be used to identify the data. Apply with care to double floating numbers because of round off error.
hash the data and return an hash number.

Returns

a hash number

Parameters

[in]	key	The data
[in]	length	The length of the data in byte
[in]	initval	The initial hash number