[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/11] hash: add new functionality to store data in hash table

[Stephen Hemminger]

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.