From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] KEYS: Replace assoc_array with rhashtable
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:11:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avKZeB9VH0cavfr4@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <sashiko-outbox-206155@kernel.org>
On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 03:56:03AM +0000, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> [Severity: Medium]
> As reported by Eric Biggers on v5 [1], should keyring_link_params set
> .insecure_elasticity = true instead of looping on -EBUSY here?
>
> Without .insecure_elasticity, rhashtable_insert_fast() enforces the
> 16-entry bucket chain limit (RHT_ELASTICITY) and returns -EBUSY to trigger
> a rehash. Because keyring_obj_hashfn() only hashes the 32-bit link->hash
> via jhash_1word(), entries with colliding 32-bit SipHash digests cannot be
> split by rehashing with a new seed, so __key_link_begin() can spin
> indefinitely in this loop while holding keyring->sem. This was fixed in
> v6 by setting .insecure_elasticity = true and dropping the retry loop, but
> appears to have been lost in v7.
Ugh, I fixed this already.
Clearly something went wrong with the rebase :-/
I'll manually apply v6 patches and send v8.
I honestly don't know what happened (likely the branch was not up to
date in the first place). Sorry.
Br, Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 4:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-10 3:37 [PATCH v7 0/3] KEYS: Replace assoc_array with rhashtable Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-10 3:37 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] KEYS: Introduce keyring_is_empty() Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-10 3:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-10 3:37 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] KEYS: Replace assoc_array with rhashtable Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-10 3:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-10 4:11 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2026-11-10 3:37 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] lib: Remove assoc_array Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-10 3:41 ` sashiko-bot
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