Method and apparatus for indexing a hash table which is organized as a linked list
US7370054B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that implements a hash table that is fully dynamic and lock-free. During a lookup in the hash table the system first uses a hash key to lookup a bucket pointer in a bucket array. Next, the system follows the bucket pointer to a data node within a linked list that contains all of the data nodes in the hash table, wherein the linked list contains only data nodes and at most a constant number of dummy nodes. The system then searches from the data node through the linked list to locate a node that matches the hash key, if one exists.
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