This patch adds a new config parameter for adjusting the calculation of
hash table size when importing a buffer.

When importing a extremely small buffer (e.g. the default_environment)
the old calculation generated a hash table which could hold at most the
buffer content but no more entires.

The new calculation add a fixed number of entries to the result to fit
better for small import buffers. This amount may be configured by the
user in board file to adjust the behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Bießmann <[email protected]>
---
v2: implement as suggested by Wolfgang

 lib/hashtable.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/hashtable.c b/lib/hashtable.c
index b747f1f..57802cf 100644
--- a/lib/hashtable.c
+++ b/lib/hashtable.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 # include <linux/string.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef        CONFIG_ENV_MIN_ENTRIES  /* minimum number of entries */
+#define        CONFIG_ENV_MIN_ENTRIES 64
+#endif
 #ifndef        CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES  /* maximum number of entries */
 #define        CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES 512
 #endif
@@ -647,13 +650,14 @@ int himport_r(struct hsearch_data *htab,
         * (CONFIG_ENV_SIZE).  This heuristics will result in
         * unreasonably large numbers (and thus memory footprint) for
         * big flash environments (>8,000 entries for 64 KB
-        * envrionment size), so we clip it to a reasonable value
-        * (which can be overwritten in the board config file if
-        * needed).
+        * envrionment size), so we clip it to a reasonable value.
+        * On the other hand we need to add some more entries for free
+        * space when importing very small buffers. Both boundaries can
+        * be overwritten in the board config file if needed.
         */
 
        if (!htab->table) {
-               int nent = size / 8;
+               int nent = CONFIG_ENV_MIN_ENTRIES + size / 8;
 
                if (nent > CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES)
                        nent = CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES;
-- 
1.7.3.1

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