From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Kara Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Generic rb tree code Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 23:03:35 +0200 Message-ID: <20120531210335.GC16338@quack.suse.cz> References: <1337979461-19654-1-git-send-email-koverstreet@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1337979461-19654-1-git-send-email-koverstreet-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-bcache-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Kent Overstreet Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-bcache-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org, paul.gortmaker-CWA4WttNNZF54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org, Daniel Santos List-Id: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org On Fri 25-05-12 13:57:38, Kent Overstreet wrote: > Right now, users of the rb tree code have to open code their own search and > insert functions. This provides generic versions that you pass a comparison > function to. > > I highly doubt the extra function calls are going to have a measurable > performance impact in practice - the pointer chasing is going to dominate. I > did provide inline versions just in case, though - it's modelled after the > spinlock code. > > The inline version of rb_search() is important for another reason, though - you > have to pass rb_search a pointer to your struct for it to compare against, > which has to be allocated on the stack. For most users I think that'll be fine, > but for the elevator code struct rb_node is embedded in struct request, which > is rather large. By using the inline version that stack allocation goes away. > > (I looked at the generated assembly of elv_rb_find() before and after, and if > I'm reading it right it's not using any extra stack. Code is a bit worse, but > IMO removing code duplication is worth it). > > Kent Overstreet (3): > rbtree: Add rb_insert(), rb_search(), etc. > timerqueue: convert to generic rb tree code > block: convert elevator to generic rb tree code Hum, are you aware of another generic rb-tree attempt - https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/30/132 ? Honza -- Jan Kara SUSE Labs, CR