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Message-ID: <20150828111153.GJ32206@pox.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:11:53 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fengguang.wu@...el.com,
	wfg@...ux.intel.com, lkp@...org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] rhashtable-test: calculate max_entries value by
 default

On 08/28/15 at 12:28pm, Phil Sutter wrote:
> A maximum table size of 64k entries is insufficient for the multiple
> threads test even in default configuration (10 threads * 50000 objects =
> 500000 objects in total). Since we know how many objects will be
> inserted, calculate the max size unless overridden by parameter.
> 
> Note that specifying the exact number of objects upon table init won't
> suffice as that value is being rounded down to the next power of two -
> anticipate this by rounding up to the next power of two in beforehand.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>

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

Thanks for doing this work.
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