> > 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 Do we need to provide the reference to partial-key hashing paper?
> memory efficiency and lookup performance. > > API Changes > ----------- > -- > 2.7.4 Other than the above comment, looks fine. Compiled and verified Acked-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>
