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28.Dd April 29, 2016
29.Dt HASHINIT 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm hashinit , hashinit_flags ,  hashdestroy , phashinit , phashinit_flags
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.Fn phashinit_flags "int nelements" "struct malloc_type *type" "u_long *nentries" "int flags"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn hashinit ,
52.Fn hashinit_flags ,
53.Fn phashinit
54and
55.Fn phashinit_flags
56functions allocate space for hash tables of size given by the argument
57.Fa nelements .
58.Pp
59The
60.Fn hashinit
61function allocates hash tables that are sized to largest power of two
62less than or equal to argument
63.Fa nelements .
64The
65.Fn phashinit
66function allocates hash tables that are sized to the largest prime
67number less than or equal to argument
68.Fa nelements .
69The
70.Fn hashinit_flags
71function operates like
72.Fn hashinit
73but also accepts an additional argument
74.Fa flags
75which control various options during allocation.
76.Fn phashinit_flags
77function operates like
78.Fn phashinit
79but also accepts an additional argument
80.Fa flags
81which control various options during allocation.
82Allocated hash tables are contiguous arrays of
83.Xr LIST_HEAD 3
84entries, allocated using
85.Xr malloc 9 ,
86and initialized using
87.Xr LIST_INIT 3 .
88The malloc arena to be used for allocation is pointed to by argument
89.Fa type .
90.Pp
91The
92.Fn hashdestroy
93function frees the space occupied by the hash table pointed to by argument
94.Fa hashtbl .
95Argument
96.Fa type
97determines the malloc arena to use when freeing space.
98The argument
99.Fa hashmask
100should be the bit mask returned by the call to
101.Fn hashinit
102that allocated the hash table.
103The argument
104.Fa flags
105must be used with one of the following values.
106.Pp
107.Bl -tag -width ".Dv HASH_NOWAIT" -offset indent -compact
108.It Dv HASH_NOWAIT
109Any malloc performed by the
110.Fn hashinit_flags
111and
112.Fn phashinit_flags
113function will not be allowed to wait, and therefore may fail.
114.It Dv HASH_WAITOK
115Any malloc performed by
116.Fn hashinit_flags
117and
118.Fn phashinit_flags
119function is allowed to wait for memory.
120This is also the behavior of
121.Fn hashinit
122and
123.Fn phashinit .
124.El
125.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
126The largest prime hash value chosen by
127.Fn phashinit
128is 32749.
129.Sh RETURN VALUES
130The
131.Fn hashinit
132function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the
133location pointed to by
134.Fa hashmask
135to the bit mask to be used for computing the correct slot in the
136hash table.
137.Pp
138The
139.Fn phashinit
140function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the
141location pointed to by
142.Fa nentries
143to the number of rows in the hash table.
144.Sh EXAMPLES
145A typical example is shown below:
146.Bd -literal -offset indent
147\&...
148static LIST_HEAD(foo, foo) *footable;
149static u_long foomask;
150\&...
151footable = hashinit(32, M_FOO, &foomask);
152.Ed
153.Pp
154Here we allocate a hash table with 32 entries from the malloc arena
155pointed to by
156.Dv M_FOO .
157The mask for the allocated hash table is returned in
158.Va foomask .
159A subsequent call to
160.Fn hashdestroy
161uses the value in
162.Va foomask :
163.Bd -literal -offset indent
164\&...
165hashdestroy(footable, M_FOO, foomask);
166.Ed
167.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
168The
169.Fn hashinit
170and
171.Fn phashinit
172functions will panic if argument
173.Fa nelements
174is less than or equal to zero.
175.Pp
176The
177.Fn hashdestroy
178function will panic if the hash table
179pointed to by
180.Fa hashtbl
181is not empty.
182.Sh SEE ALSO
183.Xr LIST_HEAD 3 ,
184.Xr malloc 9
185.Sh BUGS
186There is no
187.Fn phashdestroy
188function, and using
189.Fn hashdestroy
190to free a hash table allocated by
191.Fn phashinit
192usually has grave consequences.
193