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

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 05:28:12 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dave@...olabs.net
Cc:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        tgraf@...g.ch, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dbueso@...e.de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend -next] lib/rhashtable: consider param->min_size
 when setting initial table size

From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:26:13 -0700

> 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>
> ---
> Resending per Herbert's request with Cc to netdev.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.