netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] rhashtable: remove indirection for grow/shrink decision functions

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:06:27 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, daniel@...earbox.net,
	David.Laight@...lab.com, davem@...emloft.net, pablo@...filter.org,
	johunt@...mai.com, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] rhashtable: remove indirection for grow/shrink
 decision functions

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 04:57:33PM +0000, Thomas Graf wrote:
>
> I agree that the max elements should be enforced by users as done by
> Netlink right now. I'm also fine with ditching nelems from rhashtable
> as long as shrinking is covered. Patrick mentioned several times by
> now that nft sets want to have shrinking.

My plan is to have expansions triggered solely through insert,
either immediate or delayed, and shrinking will only be done
when explicitly requested by the user.

Cheers,
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