linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2007 08:16:25 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>
cc:	Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LogFS take three


On May 17 2007 21:00, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>> > > Opinions?
>> > 
>> > Why would we need another btree, when there is lib/rbtree.c?  Or does
>> > yours do something fundamentally different?
>> 
>> It is not red-black tree, it is b+ tree.
>
> It might be better to use the prefix "bptree" to help prevent confusion.  A
> quick google search on "bp-tree" reveals only the perl B+-tree module
> "Tree::BPTree", a U-Maryland Java CS project on B+-trees, and a news article
> about a "BP tree-top protest".

BP heh.. How about "struct bplustree"?


	Jan
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