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28.Dd October 10, 2004
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 the
106.Fn hashinit_flags
107function is allowed to wait for memory.
108.El
109.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
110The largest prime hash value chosen by
111.Fn phashinit
112is 32749.
113.Sh RETURN VALUES
114The
115.Fn hashinit
116function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the
117location pointed to by
118.Fa hashmask
119to the bit mask to be used for computing the correct slot in the
120hash table.
121.Pp
122The
123.Fn phashinit
124function returns a pointer to an allocated hash table and sets the
125location pointed to by
126.Fa nentries
127to the number of rows in the hash table.
128.Sh EXAMPLES
129A typical example is shown below:
130.Bd -literal -offset indent
131\&...
132static LIST_HEAD(foo, foo) *footable;
133static u_long foomask;
134\&...
135footable = hashinit(32, M_FOO, &foomask);
136.Ed
137.Pp
138Here we allocate a hash table with 32 entries from the malloc arena
139pointed to by
140.Dv M_FOO .
141The mask for the allocated hash table is returned in
142.Va foomask .
143A subsequent call to
144.Fn hashdestroy
145uses the value in
146.Va foomask :
147.Bd -literal -offset indent
148\&...
149hashdestroy(footable, M_FOO, foomask);
150.Ed
151.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
152The
153.Fn hashinit
154and
155.Fn phashinit
156functions will panic if argument
157.Fa nelements
158is less than or equal to zero.
159.Pp
160The
161.Fn hashdestroy
162function will panic if the hash table
163pointed to by
164.Fa hashtbl
165is not empty.
166.Sh SEE ALSO
167.Xr LIST_HEAD 3 ,
168.Xr malloc 9
169.Sh BUGS
170There is no
171.Fn phashdestroy
172function, and using
173.Fn hashdestroy
174to free a hash table allocated by
175.Fn phashinit
176usually has grave consequences.
177