linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/rhashtable: consider param->min

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:00:46 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tgraf@...g.ch,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/rhashtable: consider param->min_size when setting
 initial table size

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:25:16PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> rhashtable_init() currently does not take into account the user-passed
> min_size parameter unless param->nelem_hint is set as well. As such,
> the default size (number of buckets) will always be HASH_DEFAULT_SIZE
> even if the smallest allowed size is larger than that. Remediate this
> by unconditionally calling into rounded_hashtable_size() and handling
> things accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Normally these patches go through netdev so could you please resend
it with my ack to netdev@...r.kernel.org?

Thanks,
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