diff --git a/concurrency/elastic_parallelism.go b/concurrency/elastic_parallelism.go
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+package elastic_parallelism
+
+import (
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+// walkFiles starts a goroutine to walk the directory tree at root and send the
+// path of each regular file on the string channel.  It sends the result of the
+// walk on the error channel.  If done is closed, walkFiles abandons its work.
+func walkFiles(done <-chan struct{}, root string) (<-chan string, <-chan error) {
+	errc := make(chan error, 1)
+	paths := make(chan string)
+	go func() { // HL
+		// Close the paths channel after Walk returns.
+		defer close(paths) // HL
+		// No select needed for this send, since errc is buffered.
+		errc <- filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error { // HL
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+				return nil
+			}
+			select {
+			case paths <- path: // HL
+			case <-done: // HL
+				return errors.New("walk canceled")
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	}()
+	return paths, errc
+}
+
+// A result is the product of reading and summing a file using MD5.
+type result struct {
+	path string
+	sum  [md5.Size]byte
+	err  error
+}
+
+// MD5All reads all the files in the file tree rooted at root and returns a map
+// from file path to the MD5 sum of the file's contents.  If the directory walk
+// fails or any read operation fails, MD5All returns an error.  In that case,
+// MD5All does not wait for inflight read operations to complete.
+func MD5All(root string) (map[string][md5.Size]byte, error) {
+	// MD5All closes the done channel when it returns; it may do so before
+	// receiving all the values from c and errc.
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	adjust := make(chan struct{}, 1024)
+	defer close(done)
+
+	paths, errc := walkFiles(done, root)
+
+	// Start a fixed number of goroutines to read and digest files.
+	c := make(chan result, 1024*10) // HLc
+	expand(2, adjust, done, paths, c)
+	expand(2, adjust, done, paths, c)
+	shink(4, adjust)
+	expand(20, adjust, done, paths, c)
+
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(c) // HLc
+	}()
+	// End of pipeline. OMIT
+
+	m := make(map[string][md5.Size]byte)
+	for r := range c {
+		if r.err != nil {
+			return nil, r.err
+		}
+		m[r.path] = r.sum
+	}
+	// Check whether the Walk failed.
+	if err := <-errc; err != nil { // HLerrc
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func shink(num int64, adjust chan struct{}) {
+	var i int64
+	for i = 0; i < num; i++ {
+		adjust <- struct{}{}
+	}
+}
+
+// digester reads path names from paths and sends digests of the corresponding
+// files on c until either paths or adjust is closed or done is closed.
+func expand(num int64, adjust <-chan struct{}, done <-chan struct{}, paths <-chan string, c chan<- result) {
+	var i int64
+	for i = 0; i < num; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case path := <-paths:
+					if path == "" {
+						//close(paths) may happens very early
+						return
+					}
+					data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+					c <- result{path, md5.Sum(data), err}
+				case <-done:
+					return
+				case <-adjust:
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// Calculate the MD5 sum of all files under the specified directory,
+	// then print the results sorted by path name.
+	m, err := MD5All(os.Args[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+	var paths []string
+	for path := range m {
+		paths = append(paths, path)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(paths)
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		fmt.Printf("%x  %s\n", m[path], path)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/concurrency/elastic_parallelism.md b/concurrency/elastic_parallelism.md
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+# Elastic Parallelism Pattern
+
+[Elastic Parallelism](https://blog.golang.org/pipelines#TOC_8.) allows dynamic limits to be placed on allocation.
+
+# Implementation and Example
+
+An example showing implementation and usage can be found in [elastic_parallelism.go](elastic_parallelism.go).