Operation Flags

Almost every RHT operation allows a user to pass flags to alter the default behavior of the function. Default behavior is used when the flags parameter is 0. Multiple flags can be passed to an operation, (where allowed) by ORing (i.e. - flag1 | flag2) the flag values together.

• RHT_NO_FLAGS - default functionality is used
• RHT_UNION - (default) creation flag that does not leave any entry behind upon entry deletion
• RHT_INTERSECT - creation flag that leaves special delete entries behind upon entry deletion
• RHT_GET_DELETES - if using RHT_INTERSECT semantics return any special delete entries in the table as well
• RHT_DIRTY_READ - do not wait for previously, locally generated updates to be applied before allowing the function to proceed
• RHT_CLEAN_READ - wait for all previously, locally generated updates to be applied before allowing the function to proceed