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Date:	Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:52:38 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] libext2fs: remove pointless indirection in rbtree
 bitmaps

On 10/5/12 9:04 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> The code was previously allocating a single 4 or 8 byte pointer for
> the rcursor and wcursor fields in the ext2fs_rb_private structure;
> this added two extra memory allocations (which could fail), and extra
> indirections, for no good reason.  Removing the extra indirection also
> makes the code more readable, so it's all upside and no downside.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

Makes sense to me!

Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

> ---
>  lib/ext2fs/blkmap64_rb.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/blkmap64_rb.c b/lib/ext2fs/blkmap64_rb.c
> index c9006f8..900c0d3 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/blkmap64_rb.c
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/blkmap64_rb.c
> @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ struct bmap_rb_extent {
>  
>  struct ext2fs_rb_private {
>  	struct rb_root root;
> -	struct bmap_rb_extent **wcursor;
> -	struct bmap_rb_extent **rcursor;
> +	struct bmap_rb_extent *wcursor;
> +	struct bmap_rb_extent *rcursor;
>  #ifdef BMAP_STATS_OPS
>  	__u64 mark_hit;
>  	__u64 test_hit;
> @@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ inline
>  static void rb_free_extent(struct ext2fs_rb_private *bp,
>  			   struct bmap_rb_extent *ext)
>  {
> -	if (*bp->wcursor == ext)
> -		*bp->wcursor = NULL;
> -	if (*bp->rcursor == ext)
> -		*bp->rcursor = NULL;
> +	if (bp->wcursor == ext)
> +		bp->wcursor = NULL;
> +	if (bp->rcursor == ext)
> +		bp->rcursor = NULL;
>  	ext2fs_free_mem(&ext);
>  }
>  
> @@ -165,14 +165,8 @@ static errcode_t rb_alloc_private_data (ext2fs_generic_bitmap bitmap)
>  		return retval;
>  
>  	bp->root = RB_ROOT;
> -	retval = ext2fs_get_mem(sizeof(struct bmap_rb_extent *), &bp->rcursor);
> -	if (retval)
> -		return retval;
> -	retval = ext2fs_get_mem(sizeof(struct bmap_rb_extent *), &bp->wcursor);
> -	if (retval)
> -		return retval;
> -	*bp->rcursor = NULL;
> -	*bp->wcursor = NULL;
> +	bp->rcursor = NULL;
> +	bp->wcursor = NULL;
>  
>  #ifdef BMAP_STATS_OPS
>  	bp->test_hit = 0;
> @@ -215,8 +209,6 @@ static void rb_free_bmap(ext2fs_generic_bitmap bitmap)
>  	bp = (struct ext2fs_rb_private *) bitmap->private;
>  
>  	rb_free_tree(&bp->root);
> -	ext2fs_free_mem(&bp->rcursor);
> -	ext2fs_free_mem(&bp->wcursor);
>  	ext2fs_free_mem(&bp);
>  	bp = 0;
>  }
> @@ -235,8 +227,8 @@ static errcode_t rb_copy_bmap(ext2fs_generic_bitmap src,
>  
>  	src_bp = (struct ext2fs_rb_private *) src->private;
>  	dest_bp = (struct ext2fs_rb_private *) dest->private;
> -	*src_bp->rcursor = NULL;
> -	*dest_bp->rcursor = NULL;
> +	src_bp->rcursor = NULL;
> +	dest_bp->rcursor = NULL;
>  
>  	src_node = ext2fs_rb_first(&src_bp->root);
>  	while (src_node) {
> @@ -299,8 +291,8 @@ static errcode_t rb_resize_bmap(ext2fs_generic_bitmap bmap,
>  	}
>  
>  	bp = (struct ext2fs_rb_private *) bmap->private;
> -	*bp->rcursor = NULL;
> -	*bp->wcursor = NULL;
> +	bp->rcursor = NULL;
> +	bp->wcursor = NULL;
>  
>  	/* truncate tree to new_real_end size */
>  	rb_truncate(new_real_end, &bp->root);
> @@ -319,7 +311,7 @@ rb_test_bit(struct ext2fs_rb_private *bp, __u64 bit)
>  	struct rb_node **n = &bp->root.rb_node;
>  	struct bmap_rb_extent *ext;
>  
> -	rcursor = *bp->rcursor;
> +	rcursor = bp->rcursor;
>  	if (!rcursor)
>  		goto search_tree;
>  
> @@ -342,7 +334,7 @@ rb_test_bit(struct ext2fs_rb_private *bp, __u64 bit)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	rcursor = *bp->wcursor;
> +	rcursor = bp->wcursor;
>  	if (!rcursor)
>  		goto search_tree;
>  
> @@ -359,7 +351,7 @@ search_tree:
>  		else if (bit >= (ext->start + ext->count))
>  			n = &(*n)->rb_right;
>  		else {
> -			*bp->rcursor = ext;
> +			bp->rcursor = ext;
>  			return 1;
>  		}
>  	}
> @@ -376,7 +368,7 @@ static int rb_insert_extent(__u64 start, __u64 count,
>  	struct bmap_rb_extent *ext;
>  	int retval = 0;
>  
> -	ext = *bp->wcursor;
> +	ext = bp->wcursor;
>  	if (ext) {
>  		if (start >= ext->start &&
>  		    start <= (ext->start + ext->count)) {
> @@ -419,7 +411,7 @@ got_extent:
>  	new_node = &new_ext->node;
>  	ext2fs_rb_link_node(new_node, parent, n);
>  	ext2fs_rb_insert_color(new_node, root);
> -	*bp->wcursor = new_ext;
> +	bp->wcursor = new_ext;
>  
>  	node = ext2fs_rb_prev(new_node);
>  	if (node) {
> @@ -745,8 +737,8 @@ static void rb_clear_bmap(ext2fs_generic_bitmap bitmap)
>  	bp = (struct ext2fs_rb_private *) bitmap->private;
>  
>  	rb_free_tree(&bp->root);
> -	*bp->rcursor = NULL;
> -	*bp->wcursor = NULL;
> +	bp->rcursor = NULL;
> +	bp->wcursor = NULL;
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef BMAP_STATS
> 

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