netdev - Re: Question on rhashtable in worst-case scenario.

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:50:15 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tgraf@...g.ch
Subject: Re: Question on rhashtable in worst-case scenario.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 09:46:45AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>
> In this case, I think perhaps you can just patch your local system with
> the many interfaces connecting to the same AP to add the parameter
> Herbert suggested (.insecure_elasticity = true in sta_rht_params). This
> is, after all, very much a case that "normal" operation doesn't even
> get close to.

I think you should just turn it on everywhere for mac80211.  Chain
length checks simply don't make sense when you allow duplicate
keys in the hash table.

Cheers,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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