Minor Description
HADOOP-5079 did this "HashFunction.hash restricts initval for the next hash to the [0, maxValue) range of the hash indexes returned. This is suboptimal, particularly for larger nbHash and smaller maxValue. Rather we should first set initval, then restrict the range for the result assignment." The patch committed on that issue introduced a new bug: "My first patch contained a regression: you have to take the remainder before calling Math.abs, since Math.abs(Integer.MIN_VALUE) == Integer.MIN_VALUE still" (Jonathan Ellis).