netdev - Re: rhashtable: Add cap on number of elements in hash table

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Message-ID: <20150515030623.GA14994@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 15 May 2015 11:06:23 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	johannes@...solutions.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	tgraf@...g.ch, johannes.berg@...el.com
Subject: Re: rhashtable: Add cap on number of elements in hash table

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:22:17PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>
> In my opinion, up to at least 2 X max_size, it's safe to allow the
> insert.  Assuming a well choosen hash function and a roughly even
> distribution.

OK I can make it 2 x max_size/table size.

Cheers,
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