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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"maple-tree@lists.infradead.org" <maple-tree@lists.infradead.org>,
	"rcu@vger.kernel.org" <rcu@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Rosebush, a new hash table
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:17:19 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zdrbb1oqX9rB4VCV@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <awtiorxst6k5skhzzvrrt5kfhz67cqza2x5acuc7xiejo4sasw@vd6ohpsx76fd>

On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 01:14:39AM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
>
> it's a log curve -

Yes it's O(log N/log log N).

> chain length of 16 means you picked a bad hash
> function.

Or that someone is trying to attack you.  The number 16 is the
cut-off where we decide that someone has discovered our hash
secret and can cause a particular to chain to grow without bound.

At this point rhashtable will force a rehash with a different
secret.

Cheers,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt

  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-25  6:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-22 20:37 [PATCH 0/1] Rosebush, a new hash table Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2024-02-22 20:37 ` [PATCH 1/1] rosebush: Add new data structure Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2024-02-25  6:38   ` Al Viro
2024-02-22 21:04 ` [lustre-devel] Fwd: [PATCH 0/1] Rosebush, a new hash table Andreas Dilger
2024-02-23 11:37 ` Peng Zhang
2024-02-23 13:55 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2024-02-23 18:40 ` Kent Overstreet
2024-02-24  0:20 ` Herbert Xu
2024-02-24 22:10   ` David Laight
2024-02-25  0:50     ` Herbert Xu
2024-02-25  3:20       ` Kent Overstreet
2024-02-25  3:18     ` Kent Overstreet
2024-02-25  5:01       ` Matthew Wilcox
2024-02-25  5:32         ` Herbert Xu
2024-02-25  5:51         ` Kent Overstreet
2024-02-25  5:53           ` Herbert Xu
2024-02-25  6:14             ` Kent Overstreet
2024-02-25  6:17               ` Herbert Xu [this message]
2024-02-25 14:47       ` David Laight
2024-02-25 21:48         ` Kent Overstreet

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