It's possible you're not getting any clear answers because the question is unclear. Linux does many different kinds of name lookup all over the system. What names are you talking about?
On Mar 1, 3:50 pm, aanchal goyal <goyal.aanch...@gmail.com> wrote: > anyone knows what hash function is used in the name lookup procedure in > linux? > > Procedure lookup(name) > 1: h := hash(name) > 2: dentryNode := hashtable(h) > 3: while dentryNode != NULL do > 4: if dentryNode- >name != name then > 5: dentryNode := dentryNode- >next > 6: else > 7: return dentryNode > 8: end if > 9: end while > -- > Regards,* > Aanchal Goyal*. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
