Sasha Levin <levinsasha...@gmail.com> writes:
> On 08/02/2012 12:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> What about using a C99 flexible array member? Kernel style prohibits
>> variable-length arrays, but I don't think the same rationale applies to
>> flexible array members.
>>
>> struct hash_table {
>> size_t count;
>> struct hlist_head buckets[];
>> };
>>
>> #define DEFINE_HASH_TABLE(name, length) struct hash_table name = { .count =
>> length, .buckets = { [0 ... (length - 1)] = HLIST_HEAD_INIT } }
>
> The limitation of this approach is that the struct hash_table variable
> must be 'static', which is a bit limiting - see for example the use of
> hashtable in 'struct user_namespace'.
You mean the hash table that was made static in 3.5?
You might want to try basing your patches on something a little more current.
Eric
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