+/*
+ * The global dictionary of all interned attributes. This
+ * is a singleton object which is shared between threads.
+ * Access to this dictionary must be surrounded with a mutex.
+ */
+static struct attr_hashmap g_attr_hashmap;
+
+/* The container for objects stored in "struct attr_hashmap" */
+struct attr_hash_entry {
+ struct hashmap_entry ent; /* must be the first member! */
+ const char *key; /* the key; memory should be owned by value */
+ size_t keylen; /* length of the key */
+ void *value; /* the stored value */
+};
+
+/* attr_hashmap comparison function */
+static int attr_hash_entry_cmp(const struct attr_hash_entry *a,
+ const struct attr_hash_entry *b,
+ void *unused)
+{
+ return (a->keylen != b->keylen) || strncmp(a->key, b->key, a->keylen);
+}
+
+/* Initialize an 'attr_hashmap' object */
+static void attr_hashmap_init(struct attr_hashmap *map)
+{
+ hashmap_init(&map->map, (hashmap_cmp_fn) attr_hash_entry_cmp, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Retrieve the 'value' stored in a hashmap given the provided 'key'.
+ * If there is no matching entry, return NULL.
+ */
+static void *attr_hashmap_get(struct attr_hashmap *map,
+ const char *key, size_t keylen)
+{
+ struct attr_hash_entry k;
+ struct attr_hash_entry *e;
+
+ if (!map->map.tablesize)
+ attr_hashmap_init(map);
+
+ hashmap_entry_init(&k, memhash(key, keylen));
+ k.key = key;
+ k.keylen = keylen;
+ e = hashmap_get(&map->map, &k, NULL);
+
+ return e ? e->value : NULL;
+}
+
+/* Add 'value' to a hashmap based on the provided 'key'. */
+static void attr_hashmap_add(struct attr_hashmap *map,
+ const char *key, size_t keylen,
+ void *value)
+{
+ struct attr_hash_entry *e;
+
+ if (!map->map.tablesize)
+ attr_hashmap_init(map);
+
+ e = xmalloc(sizeof(struct attr_hash_entry));
+ hashmap_entry_init(e, memhash(key, keylen));
+ e->key = key;
+ e->keylen = keylen;
+ e->value = value;
+
+ hashmap_add(&map->map, e);