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From dbff902c41d3e87f2a0491272d5aca80aef29224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 00:58:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH hurd 3/3] libihash: prefer performance degradation over
 failure

* libihash/ihash.c (hurd_ihash_add): Add the item even though we are
above the load factor if resizing failed.
---
 libihash/ihash.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libihash/ihash.c b/libihash/ihash.c
index a97de3e..c273834 100644
--- a/libihash/ihash.c
+++ b/libihash/ihash.c
@@ -301,18 +301,19 @@ hurd_ihash_add (hurd_ihash_t ht, hurd_ihash_key_t key, hurd_ihash_value_t item)
 {
   struct hurd_ihash old_ht = *ht;
   int was_added;
+  int fatal = 0;	/* bail out on allocation errors */
   unsigned int i;
 
   if (ht->size)
     {
       /* Only fill the hash table up to its maximum load factor.  */
       if (hurd_ihash_get_load (ht) <= ht->max_load)
+      add_one:
 	if (add_one (ht, key, item))
 	  return 0;
     }
 
   /* The hash table is too small, and we have to increase it.  */
-  ht->nr_items = 0;
   if (ht->size == 0)
       ht->size = HURD_IHASH_MIN_SIZE;
   else
@@ -323,11 +324,22 @@ hurd_ihash_add (hurd_ihash_t ht, hurd_ihash_key_t key, hurd_ihash_value_t item)
 
   if (ht->items == NULL)
     {
-      *ht = old_ht;
-      return ENOMEM;
+      if (fatal || old_ht.size == 0)
+	{
+	  *ht = old_ht;
+	  return ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+      /* We prefer performance degradation over failure.  Therefore,
+	 we add the item even though we are above the load factor.  If
+	 the table is full, this will fail.  We set the fatal flag to
+	 avoid looping.	 */
+      fatal = 1;
+      goto add_one;
     }
 
   /* We have to rehash the old entries.  */
+  ht->nr_items = 0;
   for (i = 0; i < old_ht.size; i++)
     if (!index_empty (&old_ht, i))
       {
-- 
2.1.4