netdev - Re: [PATCH][Resend] rhashtable: make test actually random

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Message-ID: <Y1NuKJ7iIey450tn@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:14:32 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
Cc:     Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][Resend] rhashtable: make test actually random

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 03:47:03PM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> The "random rhlist add/delete operations" actually wasn't very random, as all
> cases tested the same bit. Since the later parts of this loop depend on the
> first case execute this unconditionally, and then test on different bits for the
> remaining tests. While at it only request as much random bits as are actually
> used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
> ---
>  lib/test_rhashtable.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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