linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/btree.c: optimise the code by previously getpos function

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 18:50:39 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Leno Hou <lenohou@...il.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/btree.c: optimise the code by previously
 getpos function

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Leno Hou <lenohou@...il.com> wrote:
> Rework the getpos() helper function and use it to remove various
> open-coded implemetnations of its funtionality.

>         for ( ; height > 1; height--) {
> -               for (i = 0; i < geo->no_pairs; i++)
> -                       if (keycmp(geo, node, i, key) <= 0)
> -                               break;
> -               if (i == geo->no_pairs)
> +               i = getpos(geo, node, key);
> +               if (i < 0)
>                         return -ENOENT;

Now it makes sense to

return i;

instead.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko