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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