netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rhashtable: Introduce rhashtable_walk

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:42:16 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	David.Laight@...LAB.COM, tgraf@...g.ch, ying.xue@...driver.com,
	kaber@...sh.net, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rhashtable: Introduce rhashtable_walk_*

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 02:36:13PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
>
> I really think the amount of time and effort being put into making
> the walker function properly is excessive.
> 
> Let's just say that if you want to use rhashtable, you have to use a
> linked list, or similar separate mechanism, to have stable walks of
> the entire set of objects.

I definitely agree with that :)

However, I'd really like to get these primitives in first so that
at least I can convert the existing rhashtable walkers over and
get on with implementing rhashtable rehashing which is what I set
out to do.

As otherwise we'd be looking at fixing the existing users (in
particular, nft_hash) properly which might take a lot more time.

If and when we finally fix the existing users we can always remove
these primitives.

FWIW when I first wrote this patch I called it
rhashtable_walk_dangerously, I can readopt that name if you think
that will dissuade people from using it.

Thanks,
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