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28.Dd January 23, 2016
29.Dt HASHINIT 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm hashinit , hashinit_flags , hashdestroy , phashinit
33.Nd manage kernel hash tables
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/malloc.h
36.In sys/systm.h
37.In sys/queue.h
38.Ft "void *"
39.Fn hashinit "int nelements" "struct malloc_type *type" "u_long *hashmask"
40.Ft void
41.Fo hashinit_flags
42.Fa "int nelements" "struct malloc_type *type" "u_long *hashmask" "int flags"
43.Fc
44.Ft void
45.Fn hashdestroy "void *hashtbl" "struct malloc_type *type" "u_long hashmask"
46.Ft "void *"
47.Fn phashinit "int nelements" "struct malloc_type *type" "u_long *nentries"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn hashinit ,
51.Fn hashinit_flags
52and
53.Fn phashinit
54functions allocate space for hash tables of size given by the argument
55.Fa nelements .
56.Pp
57The
58.Fn hashinit
59function allocates hash tables that are sized to largest power of two
60less than or equal to argument
61.Fa nelements .
62The
63.Fn phashinit
64function allocates hash tables that are sized to the largest prime
65number less than or equal to argument
66.Fa nelements .
67The
68.Fn hashinit_flags
69function operates like
70.Fn hashinit
71but also accepts an additional argument
72.Fa flags
73which control various options during allocation.
74Allocated hash tables are contiguous arrays of
75.Xr LIST_HEAD 3
76entries, allocated using
77.Xr malloc 9 ,
78and initialized using
79.Xr LIST_INIT 3 .
80The malloc arena to be used for allocation is pointed to by argument
81.Fa type .
82.Pp
83The
84.Fn hashdestroy
85function frees the space occupied by the hash table pointed to by argument
86.Fa hashtbl .
87Argument
88.Fa type
89determines the malloc arena to use when freeing space.
90The argument
91.Fa hashmask
92should be the bit mask returned by the call to
93.Fn hashinit
94that allocated the hash table.
95The argument
96.Fa flags
97must be used with one of the following values.
98.Pp
99.Bl -tag -width ".Dv HASH_NOWAIT" -offset indent -compact
100.It Dv HASH_NOWAIT
101Any malloc performed by the
102.Fn hashinit_flags
103function will not be allowed to wait, and therefore may fail.
104.It Dv HASH_WAITOK
105Any malloc performed by
106.Fn hashinit_flags
107function is allowed to wait for memory.
108This is also the behavior of
109.Fn hashinit .
110.El
111.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
112The largest prime hash value chosen by
113.Fn phashinit
114is 32749.
115.Sh RETURN VALUES
116The
117.Fn hashinit
118function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the
119location pointed to by
120.Fa hashmask
121to the bit mask to be used for computing the correct slot in the
122hash table.
123.Pp
124The
125.Fn phashinit
126function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the
127location pointed to by
128.Fa nentries
129to the number of rows in the hash table.
130.Sh EXAMPLES
131A typical example is shown below:
132.Bd -literal -offset indent
133\&...
134static LIST_HEAD(foo, foo) *footable;
135static u_long foomask;
136\&...
137footable = hashinit(32, M_FOO, &foomask);
138.Ed
139.Pp
140Here we allocate a hash table with 32 entries from the malloc arena
141pointed to by
142.Dv M_FOO .
143The mask for the allocated hash table is returned in
144.Va foomask .
145A subsequent call to
146.Fn hashdestroy
147uses the value in
148.Va foomask :
149.Bd -literal -offset indent
150\&...
151hashdestroy(footable, M_FOO, foomask);
152.Ed
153.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
154The
155.Fn hashinit
156and
157.Fn phashinit
158functions will panic if argument
159.Fa nelements
160is less than or equal to zero.
161.Pp
162The
163.Fn hashdestroy
164function will panic if the hash table
165pointed to by
166.Fa hashtbl
167is not empty.
168.Sh SEE ALSO
169.Xr LIST_HEAD 3 ,
170.Xr malloc 9
171.Sh BUGS
172There is no
173.Fn phashdestroy
174function, and using
175.Fn hashdestroy
176to free a hash table allocated by
177.Fn phashinit
178usually has grave consequences.
179