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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: "Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add b+tree library
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:13:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090111031337.GI31579@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090110220135.GF20611@logfs.org>

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:01:35PM +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
> 
> I don't really expect a big difference, even if the filesystem is
> intended for flash, not disks.  Other overhead will dominate the
> picture.  The situation may be different for Johannes, though.

If there isn't a big difference, is it really worth it to have both
rbtrees and b-trees in the kernel?  Especially given the disadvantages
akpm noted....

					- Ted

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-11  3:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-10 10:47 [PATCH] add b+tree library Johannes Berg
2009-01-10 11:02 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-01-10 11:37   ` Johannes Berg
2009-01-10 11:56     ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-10 12:29     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-01-10 18:39       ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-10 18:44         ` Johannes Berg
2009-01-10 19:41           ` Andi Kleen
2009-01-10 20:22             ` Johannes Berg
2009-01-10 20:23             ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-10 21:27               ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-10 22:01                 ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-10 22:23                   ` Andrew Morton
2009-01-10 23:57                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-01-11  8:30                       ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-12 16:20                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2009-02-05  0:17                       ` Johannes Berg
2009-02-05  8:46                         ` Andi Kleen
2009-02-07 12:26                         ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-11  3:13                   ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2009-01-10 22:26                 ` Andi Kleen
2009-01-11  8:20                   ` Jörn Engel
2009-01-11 18:23                     ` Andi Kleen
2009-01-17 17:53 ` Pavel Machek

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