Re: [PATCH 10/18] rhashtable: remove rhashtable_walk_peek()

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Sat Jun 02 2018 - 11:49:13 EST


On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 02:44:09PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> This function has a somewhat confused behavior that is not properly
> described by the documentation.
> Sometimes is returns the previous object, sometimes it returns the
> next one.
> Sometimes it changes the iterator, sometimes it doesn't.
>
> This function is not currently used and is not worth keeping, so
> remove it.
>
> A future patch will introduce a new function with a
> simpler interface which can meet the same need that
> this was added for.
>
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>

Please keep Tom Herbert in the loop. IIRC he had an issue with
this patch.

Cheers,
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