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

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Message-Id: <1231618940.3706.31.camel@johannes>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:22:20 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	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 20:41 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> writes:
> 
> > 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)
> 
> Is there any particular reason you can't use the standard rbtrees
> for that?

It just seemed like a lot of overhead, no particular reason I guess.

johannes

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