[ovs-dev] [PATCH v7 06/16] tracepoint: use new hashtable implementation

Tejun Heo tj at kernel.org
Mon Oct 29 19:12:56 UTC 2012


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 03:09:36PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> The other thing is whether hash_init() should be called for hashtables
> that were created with DEFINE_HASHTABLE(). That point was raised by
> Neil Brown last time this series went around, and it seems that no one
> objected to the point that it should be consistent across the code.

Hmmm?  If something is DEFINE_XXX()'d, you definitely shouldn't be
calling XXX_init() on it.  That's how it is with most other abstract
data types and you need *VERY* strong rationale to deviate from that.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun



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