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From: Patrik Hagglund <patha@ida.liu.se>
To: davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: "fuzzy hashing" = skiplists in a different shape
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:06:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199808280906.LAA13808@portofix.ida.liu.se> (raw)

I saw your "fuzzy hashing" implementation on Linux Weekly News
yesterday, and to me it looks much like randomized skip list. The
neigbour_next list is the first level pointer chain and hash_next is
the second level. But, there is a notable exception. Your code
contians 16 second-level lists, that is, 15 redundant ones.

> it will be as fast or cheaper _even_ in the common case than what we
> have now

? What is this common case. I can't see how your implementation would
be faster than a good implementation of a balanced search tree.

Regards,
Patrik Hägglund,
intrested in data structures and algorithms,
but not a kernel hacker (yet)

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             reply	other threads:[~1998-08-28  9:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-08-28  9:06 Patrik Hagglund [this message]
1998-08-28 21:06 ` David S. Miller

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