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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/hash.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/hash.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hash.h b/lib/hash.h index f3b24f051b..91770d1813 100644 --- a/lib/hash.h +++ b/lib/hash.h @@ -235,9 +235,10 @@ extern void *hash_release(struct hash *hash, void *data); /* * Iterate over the elements in a hash table. * - * It is safe to delete items passed to the iteration function from the hash - * table during iteration. More than one item cannot be deleted during each - * iteration. Please note that adding entries to the hash + * The passed in arg to the handler function is the only safe + * item to delete from the hash. + * + * Please note that adding entries to the hash * during the walk will cause undefined behavior in that some new entries * will be walked and some will not. So do not do this. * @@ -258,8 +259,10 @@ extern void hash_iterate(struct hash *hash, /* * Iterate over the elements in a hash table, stopping on condition. * - * It is safe to delete items passed to the iteration function from the hash - * table during iteration. Please note that adding entries to the hash + * The passed in arg to the handler function is the only safe item + * to delete from the hash. + * + * Please note that adding entries to the hash * during the walk will cause undefined behavior in that some new entries * will be walked and some will not. So do not do this. * |