[patch rfc]: use xxhash() in ld build-id computation, incl. benchmark
Frank Ch. Eigler
fche@redhat.com
Thu Sep 19 17:31:10 GMT 2024
Hi -
> > Here's the patch. Is there interest in me adding xxhash configury and
> > formally submitting it?
>
> Yes please. Allowing distributions to choose if they want to support
> this hashing method makes sense to me. So providing them with a
> configure option to do so is, imho, the right way to go.
OK. For testing, any suggestions? The ld/tests/build-id.exp test case
just tickles =md5 mode, but it's not obvious how to conditionalize it to
the others. What about having ld list the supported hash styles on its
--help output, and having dejagnu parse that for md5/sha1/xx/etc. ?
- FChE
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