netdev - Re: nft_rhash_walk, rhashtable and resize event

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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 11:37:51 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com>
Cc: Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, kadlec@...filter.org,
	fw@...len.de, gfs2@...ts.linux.dev,
	David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>, tgraf@...g.ch
Subject: Re: nft_rhash_walk, rhashtable and resize event

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 10:05:06AM -0400, Alexander Aring wrote:
>
> My question is here? Is that allowed to do because a resize event may
> change the order how to iterate over a rhashtable.

Walking over an rhashtable should be a last resort.  There is
no guarantee of stability.

If you skip entries after a resize then you may miss entries.

If you want a stable walk, allocate an extra 8 bytes and use
a linked list.

Cheers,
-- 
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