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

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Message-Id: <1231613042.3706.16.camel@johannes>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:44:02 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add b+tree library

On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 19:39 +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
> 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.

Sorry, I misunderstood the question here.

Also, to elaborate on that answer, I'm going to use this as a sort of
hash table for wireless, where it ensures better scalability than a pure
hashtable from quiet environments (say wireless off on an airplane) to
your wireless test lab (100+ access points)

johannes

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