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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:21:02 +0900
From: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/9] lib: radix-tree: radix_tree_delete_item()
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To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 06:38:21PM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Provide a function that does not just delete an entry at a given
> index, but also allows passing in an expected item.  Delete only if
> that item is still located at the specified index.
> 
> This is handy when lockless tree traversals want to delete entries as
> well because they don't have to do an second, locked lookup to verify
> the slot has not changed under them before deleting the entry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim

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