path: root/lib/erl_interface/src/registry/hash_rlookup.c

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include "hash.h"

/* this function does a reverse lookup and returns the first key whose
 * value matches value. This operation may be lengthy! Also, there is
 * no guarantee that the *values* are unique in the hash table, so the
 * returned key might not be the one you expect. 
 */
const char *ei_hash_rlookup(ei_hash *tab, const void *value)
{
  ei_bucket *b;
  int i;

  for (i=0; i<tab->size; i++) {
    b=tab->tab[i];
    while (b) {
      if (b->value == value) return b->key;
      b = b->next;
    }
  }
  return NULL;
}