From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
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 19:39:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090110183921.GD20611@logfs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2f11576a0901100429h415d3a87o40ba4849120832c8@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, 10 January 2009 21:29:04 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >
> > Joern is going to use it for logfs, that's the point. Not sure about
> > other filesystems.
>
> Why can't you investigate other filesystem?
> if this library is used by only one fs, why does this library routine
> need to linux/lib/ directory?
Because it is not used for on-disk data structures. It is an
alternative to radix trees, rbtrees, hash tables or linked lists.
Jörn
--
When in doubt, punt. When somebody actually complains, go back and fix it...
The 90% solution is a good thing.
-- Rob Landley
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-10 18:39 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 [this message]
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
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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