CK_RHS_INIT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CK_RHS_INIT(3)NAMEck_rhs_init — initialize a hash set
LIBRARY
Concurrency Kit (libck, -lck)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ck_rhs.h>
typedef unsigned long
ck_rhs_hash_cb_t(const void *key, unsigned long seed);
typedef bool
ck_rhs_compare_cb_t(const void *c1, const void *c2);
bool
ck_rhs_init(ck_rhs_t *hs, unsigned int mode,
ck_rhs_hash_cb_t *hash_function, ck_rhs_compare_cb_t *compare,
struct ck_malloc *allocator, unsigned long capacity,
unsigned long seed);
DESCRIPTION
The ck_rhs_init() function initializes the hash set pointed to by the hs
pointer.
The argument mode specifies the type of key-value pairs to be stored in
the hash set as well as the expected concurrent access model. The value
of mode consists of a bitfield of one of the following:
CK_RHS_MODE_OBJECT
The hash set is meant to store pointers to objects. This provides
a hint that only CK_MD_VMA_BITS are necessary to encode the key
argument. Any unused pointer bits are leveraged for internal
optimizations.
CK_RHS_MODE_DIRECT
The hash set is meant to directly store key values and that all
bits of the key are used to encode values.
CK_RHS_MODE_READ_MOSTLY
Optimize read operations over put/delete.
The concurrent access model is specified by:
CK_RHS_MODE_SPMC
The hash set should allow for concurrent readers in the presence
of a single writer.
CK_RHS_MODE_MPMC
The hash set should allow for concurrent readers in the presence
of concurrent writers. This is currently unsupported.
The developer is free to specify additional workload hints. These hints
are one of:
The argument hash_function is a mandatory pointer to a user-specified hash
function. A user-specified hash function takes two arguments. The key argu‐
ment is a pointer to a key. The seed argument is the initial seed associatedwith the hash set. This initial seed is specified by the user inck_rhs_init(3).
The compare argument is an optional pointer to a user-specified key comparison
function. If NULL is specified in this argument, then pointer equality will be
used to determine key equality. A user-specified comparison function takes two
arguments representing pointers to the objects being compared for equality. Itis expected to return true if the keys are of equal value and false otherwise.The allocator argument is a pointer to a structure containing malloc and freefunction pointers which respectively define the memory allocation and destruc‐
tion functions to be used by the hash set being initialized.The argument capacity represents the initial number of keys the hash set isexpected to contain. This argument is simply a hint and the underlying imple‐
mentation is free to allocate more or less memory than necessary to containthe number of entries capacity specifies.The argument seed specifies the initial seed used by the underlying hash func‐
tion. The user is free to choose a value of their choice.RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion ck_rhs_init() returns a value of true and oth‐
erwise returns a value of false to indicate an error.
ERRORS
The behavior of ck_rhs_init() is undefined if hs is not a pointer to a
ck_rhs_t object.
SEE ALSOck_rhs_move(3), ck_rhs_destroy(3), CK_RHS_HASH(3),
ck_rhs_iterator_init(3), ck_rhs_next(3), ck_rhs_get(3), ck_rhs_put(3),
ck_rhs_put_unique(3), ck_rhs_set(3), ck_rhs_fas(3), ck_rhs_remove(3),
ck_rhs_grow(3), ck_rhs_rebuild(3), ck_rhs_gc(3), ck_rhs_count(3),
ck_rhs_reset(3), ck_rhs_reset_size(3), ck_rhs_stat(3)
Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/
September 17, 2012
