linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Priority heap infrastructure enhancements

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:11:24 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Priority heap infrastructure enhancements

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to drop the smallest value. Since we cannot drop the
> smallest value, dropping a leaf (heap->size) should be sufficiently good enough.
> I want a max heap and losing the root of the heap does not work for me.
>

What are you actually trying to do? Can you get round this by just
inverting your "gt" operator? i.e. provide one that actually
implements "less-than"?

Paul
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