linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] lib/rhashtable: guarantee initial hashtable allocation

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Message-ID: <20180529180509.dprhzm6zctpytqyy@linux-n805>
Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 11:05:09 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        tgraf@...g.ch, manfred@...orfullife.com,
        guillaume.knispel@...ersonicimagine.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] lib/rhashtable: guarantee initial hashtable
 allocation

On Wed, 30 May 2018, Herbert Xu wrote:

>Well I think we should respect min_size.  rhashtable users may
>fail at insertion time if the table is too small.

I'm fine either way.