Re: [PATCH 0/1] Rosebush, a new hash table

[Herbert Xu]

On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 01:14:39AM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
>
> it's a log curve -

Yes it's O(log N/log log N).

> chain length of 16 means you picked a bad hash
> function.

Or that someone is trying to attack you.  The number 16 is the
cut-off where we decide that someone has discovered our hash
secret and can cause a particular to chain to grow without bound.

At this point rhashtable will force a rehash with a different
secret.

Cheers,
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