linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add b+tree library

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Message-ID: <20090110183921.GD20611@logfs.org>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:39:21 +0100
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add b+tree library

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

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