On 08/02/2014 11:47 AM, Thomas Graf wrote: > Generic implementation of a resizable, scalable, concurrent hash table > based on [0]. The implementation supports both, fixed size keys specified > via an offset and length, or arbitrary keys via own hash and compare > functions. > > Lookups are lockless and protected as RCU read side critical sections. > Automatic growing/shrinking based on user configurable watermarks is > available while allowing concurrent lookups to take place. > > Objects to be hashed must include a struct rhash_head. The reason for not > using the existing struct hlist_head is that the expansion and shrinking > will have two buckets point to a single entry which would lead in obscure > reverse chaining behaviour. > > Code includes a boot selftest if CONFIG_TEST_RHASHTABLE is defined. > > [0] https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/atc11/tech/final_files/Triplett.pdf > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/rhashtable.h | 213 ++++++++++++ > lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 + > lib/Makefile | 2 +- > lib/rhashtable.c | 797 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 1019 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 include/linux/rhashtable.h > create mode 100644 lib/rhashtable.c > Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
