netdev - Re: Extensible hashing and RCU

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0702050952590.26852@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:02:53 -0800 (PST)
From:	akepner@....com
To:	linux@...izon.com
cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Extensible hashing and RCU

On Sat, 4 Feb 2007 linux@...izon.com wrote:

> I noticed in an LCA talk mention that apprently extensible hashing
> with RCU access is an unsolved problem.  Here's an idea for solving it.
> ....

Yes, I have been playing around with the same idea for
doing dynamic resizing of the TCP hashtable.

Did a prototype "toy" implementation, and I have a
"half-finished" patch which resizes the TCP hashtable
at runtime. Hmmm, your mail may be the impetus to get
me to finally finish this thing....

-- 
Arthur

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