Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 21/25] argo: add array_index_nospec to guard the result of the hash func

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 01.12.18 at 02:33, <christopher.w.clark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is out of an abundance of caution, since this is a very basic hash
> function, chosen more for its bucket distribution properties to cluster 
> related
> rings rather than for cryptographic strength or any uniformness of output,
> and it operates upon values supplied by the guest just before being used as an
> array index.

Same here: Better to put this in place right away for new code
than to incrementally add it later.

Jan



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