From: Thomas Graf <tg...@suug.ch> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 11:47:43 +0200
> Netlink sockets are maintained in a hash table to allow efficient lookup > via the port ID for unicast messages. However, lookups currently require > a read lock to be taken. This series adds a new generic, resizable, > scalable, concurrent hash table based on the paper referenced in the first > patch. It then makes use of the new data type to implement lockless > netlink_lookup(). > > Patch 3/3 to convert nft_hash is included for reference but should be > merged via the netfilter tree. Inclusion in this series is to provide > context for the suggested API. > > Against net-next since the initial user of the new hash table is in net/ Applied, thanks Thomas. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
