netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] rhashtable: involve rhashtable_lookup_compare

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Message-ID: <20150109103142.GA25021@casper.infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2015 10:31:42 +0000
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] rhashtable: involve
 rhashtable_lookup_compare_insert routine

On 01/09/15 at 04:23pm, Ying Xue wrote:
> Introduce a new function called rhashtable_lookup_compare_insert()
> which is very similar to rhashtable_lookup_insert(). But the former
> makes use of users' given compare function to look for an object,
> and then inserts it into hash table if found. As the entire process
> of search and insertion is under protection of per bucket lock, this
> can help users to avoid the involvement of extra lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>

Acked-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
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