linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] rbtree: optimize fetching of sibling node

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Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 13:46:12 -0700
From:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	riel@...hat.com, daniel.santos@...ox.com, aarcange@...hat.com,
	dwmw2@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] rbtree: optimize fetching of sibling node

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 15:34 -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
>
>> +             tmp = gparent->rb_right;
>> +             if (parent != tmp) {    /* parent == gparent->rb_left */
>
>> +                     tmp = parent->rb_right;
>> +                     if (node == tmp) {
>
>> +                     tmp = parent->rb_left;
>> +                     if (node == tmp) {
>
>> +             sibling = parent->rb_right;
>> +             if (node != sibling) {  /* node == parent->rb_left */
>
> Half of them got a comment, the other half didn't.. is there any
> particular reason for that?

I felt that the equality tests didn't need explanation. But the tests
where I test for inequality with the supposed sibling didn't seem
quite so obvious to me, so I commented them.

-- 
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.
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