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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/3] rhashtable: better high order allocation attempts
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:23:18 +0100
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On 02/20/2015 11:11 AM, David Laight wrote:
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> How about a two-level array for large tables?
> Then you don't need to allocate more than 1 page at a time?

Sorry, I currently don't see how this fits into the rhashtable
algorithm i.e. with regards to the expansion and shrink logic?