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- /* hash.c - The gdbm hash function. */
-
- /* This file is part of GDBM, the GNU data base manager, by Philip A. Nelson.
- Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- GDBM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- GDBM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with GDBM; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- You may contact the author by:
- e-mail: phil@cs.wwu.edu
- us-mail: Philip A. Nelson
- Computer Science Department
- Western Washington University
- Bellingham, WA 98226
-
- *************************************************************************/
-
-
- /* include system configuration before all else. */
- #include "autoconf.h"
-
- #include "gdbmdefs.h"
-
-
- /* This hash function computes a 31 bit value. The value is used to index
- the hash directory using the top n bits. It is also used in a hash bucket
- to find the home position of the element by taking the value modulo the
- bucket hash table size. */
-
- word_t
- _gdbm_hash (key)
- datum key;
- {
- #if LONG_64_BITS || !INT_16_BITS
- unsigned int value; /* Used to compute the hash value. */
- #else
- unsigned long value; /* Used to compute the hash value. */
- #endif
- int index; /* Used to cycle through random values. */
-
-
- /* Set the initial value from key. */
- value = 0x238F13AF * key.dsize;
- for (index = 0; index < key.dsize; index++)
- value = (value + (key.dptr[index] << (index*5 % 24))) & 0x7FFFFFFF;
-
- value = (1103515243 * value + 12345) & 0x7FFFFFFF;
-
- /* Return the value. */
- return((word_t) value);
- }
-