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18.Dd May 12, 2014
19.Dt OHASH_INIT 3
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm ohash_init ,
23.Nm ohash_delete ,
24.Nm ohash_lookup_interval ,
25.Nm ohash_lookup_memory ,
26.Nm ohash_find ,
27.Nm ohash_remove ,
28.Nm ohash_insert ,
29.Nm ohash_first ,
30.Nm ohash_next ,
31.Nm ohash_entries
32.Nd light-weight open hashing
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In stdint.h
35.In stddef.h
36.In ohash.h
37.Ft void
38.Fn ohash_init "struct ohash *h" "unsigned int size" "struct ohash_info *info"
39.Ft void
40.Fn ohash_delete "struct ohash *h"
41.Ft "unsigned int"
42.Fn ohash_lookup_interval "struct ohash *h" "const char *start" "const char *end" "uint32_t hv"
43.Ft "unsigned int"
44.Fn ohash_lookup_memory "struct ohash *h" "const char *k" "size_t s" "uint32_t hv"
45.Ft void *
46.Fn ohash_find "struct ohash *h" "unsigned int i"
47.Ft void *
48.Fn ohash_remove "struct ohash *h" "unsigned int i"
49.Ft void *
50.Fn ohash_insert "struct ohash *h" "unsigned int i" "void *p"
51.Ft void *
52.Fn ohash_first "struct ohash *h" "unsigned int *i"
53.Ft void *
54.Fn ohash_next "struct ohash *h" "unsigned int *i"
55.Ft "unsigned int"
56.Fn ohash_entries "struct ohash *h"
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58These functions have been designed as a fast, extensible alternative to
59the usual hash table functions.
60They provide storage and retrieval of records indexed by keys,
61where a key is a contiguous sequence of bytes at a fixed position in
62each record.
63Keys can either be NUL-terminated strings or fixed-size memory areas.
64All functions take a pointer to an ohash structure as the
65.Fa h
66function argument.
67Storage for this structure should be provided by user code.
68.Pp
69.Fn ohash_init
70initializes the table to store roughly 2 to the power
71.Fa size
72elements.
73.Fa info
74is a pointer to a
75.Fa struct ohash_info .
76.Bd -literal -offset indent
77struct ohash_info {
78	ptrdiff_t key_offset;
79	void *data;	/* user data */
80	void *(*calloc)(size_t, size_t, void *);
81	void (*free)(void *, void *);
82	void *(*alloc)(size_t, void *);
83};
84.Ed
85.Pp
86The
87.Va offset
88field holds the position of the key in each record;
89the
90.Va calloc
91and
92.Va free
93fields are pointers to
94.Xr calloc 3
95and
96.Xr free 3 Ns -like
97functions, used for managing the table internal storage;
98the
99.Va alloc
100field is only used by the utility function
101.Xr ohash_create_entry 3 .
102.Pp
103Each of these functions are called similarly to their standard counterpart,
104but with an extra
105.Ft void *
106parameter corresponding to the content of the field
107.Fa data ,
108which can be used to communicate specific information to the functions.
109.Pp
110.Fn ohash_init
111stores a copy of those fields internally, so
112.Fa info
113can be reclaimed after initialization.
114.Pp
115.Fn ohash_delete
116frees storage internal to
117.Fa h .
118Elements themselves should be freed by the user first, using for instance
119.Fn ohash_first
120and
121.Fn ohash_next .
122.Pp
123.Fn ohash_lookup_interval
124and
125.Fn ohash_lookup_memory
126are the basic look-up element functions.
127The hashing function result is provided by the user as
128.Fa hv .
129These return a
130.Qq slot
131in the ohash table
132.Fa h ,
133to be used with
134.Fn ohash_find ,
135.Fn ohash_insert ,
136or
137.Fn ohash_remove .
138This slot is only valid up to the next call to
139.Fn ohash_insert
140or
141.Fn ohash_remove .
142.Pp
143.Fn ohash_lookup_interval
144handles string-like keys.
145.Fn ohash_lookup_interval
146assumes the key is the interval between
147.Fa start
148and
149.Fa end ,
150exclusive,
151though the actual elements stored in the table should only contain
152NUL-terminated keys.
153.Pp
154.Fn ohash_lookup_memory
155assumes the key is the memory area starting at
156.Fa k
157of size
158.Fa s .
159All bytes are significant in key comparison.
160.Pp
161.Fn ohash_find
162retrieves an element from a slot
163.Fa i
164returned by the
165.Fn ohash_lookup*
166functions.
167It returns
168.Dv NULL
169if the slot is empty.
170.Pp
171.Fn ohash_insert
172inserts a new element
173.Fa p
174at slot
175.Fa i .
176Slot
177.Fa i
178must be empty and element
179.Fa p
180must have a key corresponding to the
181.Fn ohash_lookup*
182call.
183.Pp
184.Fn ohash_remove
185removes the element at slot
186.Fa i .
187It returns the removed element, for user code to dispose of, or
188.Dv NULL
189if the slot was empty.
190.Pp
191.Fn ohash_first
192and
193.Fn ohash_next
194can be used to access all elements in an ohash table, like this:
195.Bd -literal -offset indent
196for (n = ohash_first(h, &i); n != NULL; n = ohash_next(h, &i))
197	do_something_with(n);
198.Ed
199.Pp
200.Fa i
201points to an auxiliary unsigned integer used to record the current position
202in the ohash table.
203Those functions are safe to use even while entries are added to/removed
204from the table, but in such a case they don't guarantee that new entries
205will be returned.
206As a special case, they can safely be used to free elements in the table.
207.Pp
208.Fn ohash_entries
209returns the number of elements in the hash table.
210.Sh STORAGE HANDLING
211Only
212.Fn ohash_init ,
213.Fn ohash_insert ,
214.Fn ohash_remove
215and
216.Fn ohash_delete
217may call the user-supplied memory functions:
218.Bd -literal -offset indent
219p = (*info->calloc)(n, sizeof_record, info->data);
220/* copy data from old to p */
221(*info->free)(old, info->data);
222.Ed
223.Pp
224It is the responsibility of the user memory allocation code to verify
225that those calls did not fail.
226.Pp
227If memory allocation fails,
228.Fn ohash_init
229returns a useless hash table.
230.Fn ohash_insert
231and
232.Fn ohash_remove
233still perform the requested operation, but the returned table should be
234considered read-only.
235It can still be accessed by
236.Fn ohash_lookup* ,
237.Fn ohash_find ,
238.Fn ohash_first
239and
240.Fn ohash_next
241to dump relevant information to disk before aborting.
242.Sh THREAD SAFETY
243The open hashing functions are not thread-safe by design.
244In particular, in a threaded environment, there is no guarantee that a
245.Qq slot
246will not move between a
247.Fn ohash_lookup*
248and a
249.Fn ohash_find ,
250.Fn ohash_insert
251or
252.Fn ohash_remove
253call.
254.Pp
255Multi-threaded applications should explicitly protect ohash table access.
256.Sh SEE ALSO
257.Xr hcreate 3 ,
258.Xr ohash_interval 3
259.Rs
260.%A Donald E. Knuth
261.%B The Art of Computer Programming
262.%V Vol. 3
263.%P pp 506-550
264.%D 1973
265.Re
266.Sh STANDARDS
267Those functions are completely non-standard and should be avoided in
268portable programs.
269.Sh HISTORY
270Those functions were designed and written for
271.Ox
272.Xr make 1
273by Marc Espie in 1999.
274