This patch updates release note for the new extendable bucket feature and the partial-key hashing.
Signed-off-by: Yipeng Wang <yipeng1.w...@intel.com> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index c13ea82..95c218d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ New Features this application doesn't need to launch dedicated worker threads for vhost enqueue/dequeue operations. +* **Added extendable bucket feature to hash library (rte_hash).** + + This new “extendable bucket” feature provides 100% insertion guarantee to + the capacity specified by the user by extending hash table with extra + buckets when needed to accommodate the unlikely event of intensive hash + collisions. In addition, the internal hashing algorithm was changed to use + partial-key hashing to improve memory efficiency and lookup performance. API Changes ----------- -- 2.7.4
