linux-kernel - Re: [patch][rfc] ddds: "dynamic dynamic data structure" algorithm, for adaptive dcache hash table sizing

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Message-Id: <20081007.140825.40261432.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	npiggin@...e.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [patch][rfc] ddds: "dynamic dynamic data structure" algorithm,
 for adaptive dcache hash table sizing

From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:48:34 +0200

> I'm cc'ing netdev because Dave did express some interest in using this for
> some networking hashes, and network guys in general are pretty cluey when it
> comes to hashes and such ;)

Interesting stuff.

Paul, many months ago, forwarded to me a some work done by Josh
Triplett called "rcuhashbash" which had similar objectives.  He did
post it to linux-kernel, and perhaps even your ideas are inspired by
his work, I don't know. :-)

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