netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: fix hash::nelems check

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:36:11 +0800
From:   Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
To:     Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: fix hash::nelems check

after reconsider, I think we can remove this check directly, since
rht_grow_above_max() will be called to check the overflow again in
rhashtable_insert_one.

and atomic_read(&table->hash.nelems) always compares with unsigned
value, will force to switch unsigned, so the hash.nelems overflows can
be accepted.

-Rong