linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/4] hashtable: introduce a small and naive hashtable

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Date:	Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:03:49 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] hashtable: introduce a small and naive hashtable

Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com> writes:
> On 08/02/2012 12:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> What about using a C99 flexible array member?  Kernel style prohibits
>> variable-length arrays, but I don't think the same rationale applies to
>> flexible array members.
>> 
>> struct hash_table {
>>     size_t count;
>>     struct hlist_head buckets[];
>> };
>> 
>> #define DEFINE_HASH_TABLE(name, length) struct hash_table name = { .count = length, .buckets = { [0 ... (length - 1)] = HLIST_HEAD_INIT } }
>
> The limitation of this approach is that the struct hash_table variable
> must be 'static', which is a bit limiting - see for example the use of
> hashtable in 'struct user_namespace'.

You mean the hash table that was made static in 3.5?

You might want to try basing your patches on something a little more current.

Eric
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