On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:23:28 +0000 "De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org] > > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 5:50 PM > > To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/11] hash: add new functionality to > > store data in hash table > > > > We did same thing with a slightly different method. > > > > Subject: rte_hash: split key and bucket size > > > > It is useful to store more data in the has bucket than just the key size. > > For example, storing an addresss and additional data. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> > > Did you send this patch? I did not see it in the mailing list... > Anyway, I like the idea of allowing the user to store variable size data (I > was storing 8-byte data). > So I have sent a v3 with a more similar method, although I still use the new > functions, > and use the parameter data_len for knowing the amount of bytes of data, and I > keep constant the input key, > and return the data in another parameter. > > Thanks for it! > Pablo I did not send the patch upstream because it would break the ABI and didn't want to bother fighting that.
