Re: [PATCH v4] hashtable: introduce a small and naive hashtable

[Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>]

On 09/10/2012 04:48 AM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Sasha Levin (levinsasha928@gmail.com) wrote:
>> +#define hash_init(hashtable)							\
>> +({										\
>> +	int __i;								\
>> +										\
>> +	for (__i = 0; __i < HASH_BITS(hashtable); __i++)			\
>> +		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(hashtable + __i);				\
> 
> I suspect that hashtable will be a pointer, and you use the "+" operator
> to do an offset on this pointer. Any thought on using:
> 
>             INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&hashtable[__i]);
> 
> instead ? It would provide the same result, but would ensure that the
> user is indeed passing a pointer, and not an integer.

It also looks nicer :)

> Also, why isn't it a static inline ? I'm probably missing something. If
> there is a reason why it needs to stay a #define, please document it in
> the comment.

It's a define because it needs to get the size of the hashtable.

I'll document that.


Thanks,
Sasha