Re: [PATCH] util: hash: Append to hash buckets when adding new entries

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 04:09:54PM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> In cases when the hash function for a name collides with other entry
> already in the hash we prepend to the bucket. This creates a 'stack
> effect' on the buckets if we then iterate through the hash. Normally
> this is not a problem, but in tests we want deterministic results.
> 
> Since it does not matter where we add the entry and it's usually more
> probable that a different entry will be accessed next change it to
> append to the end of the bucket. Luckily we already iterate throught the
> bucket once thus we can easily find the last entry and just connect the
> new entry after it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/util/virhash.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>


Regards,
Daniel
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