From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 3/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - create DHT helper functions
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:33:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120213203343.GA19783@ritirata.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202112159.58282.lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
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On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 09:59:57PM +0800, Marek Lindner wrote:
> On Friday, February 10, 2012 07:41:36 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> > + for (select = 0; select < DHT_CANDIDATES_NUM; select++) {
> > + max = 0;
> > + max_orig_node = NULL;
> > + if (!chosen_me) {
> > + /* if true, wrap around the key space */
> > + if (bat_priv->dht_hash > ip_key)
> > + max = DAT_ADDR_MAX - bat_priv->dht_hash +
> > + ip_key;
> > + else
> > + max = ip_key - bat_priv->dht_hash;
> > + max = bat_priv->dht_hash;
>
> Somehow this does not make sense to me. Why do we calculate a magic value for
> "max" if we set it to bat_priv->dht_hash afterwards ?
Thank you, actually I didn't spot it in the tests because of the limited number
of nodes involved. I thought they were enough.
> Moreover, the name dht_hash is a bit confusing. At first I thought it is a
> pointer to a hash (read: orig_hash/tt_local_hash/tt_global_hash/etc).
ok, I'll rename it to dht_id (or dht_addr ?)
> Perhaps
> the comment should explain what and why the magic is supposed to achieve
> instead of stating what the c code is obviously doing ?
>
I agree :-)
Thanks!
Cheers,
--
Antonio Quartulli
..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-09 23:41 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 0/9] DAT: Distributed ARP Table Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 1/9] batman-adv: implement an helper function to forge unicast packets Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 2/9] batman-adv: add a new log level for DAT/ARP debugging Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 3/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - create DHT helper functions Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-11 13:59 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-13 20:33 ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2012-02-14 6:07 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-14 7:47 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 4/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - add ARP parsing functions Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-10 14:21 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-11 14:09 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-14 10:43 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 5/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - add snooping functions for ARP messages Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-10 14:25 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 6/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - increase default soft_iface ARP table timeout Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 7/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - add compile option Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-10 14:32 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-15 19:47 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-16 6:35 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 8/9] batman-adv: add UNICAST_4ADDR packet type Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-10 14:42 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-12 14:27 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-09 23:41 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 9/9] batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - use unicast_4addr_packet for DHT messages Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-11 13:44 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-11 13:57 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-09 23:52 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCHv5 0/9] DAT: Distributed ARP Table Antonio Quartulli
2012-02-10 9:44 ` Marek Lindner
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