linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/15] block,elevator: use new hashtable implementation

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Message-ID: <50CF37C6.1080108@kernel.dk>
Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:18:30 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/15] block,elevator: use new hashtable implementation

On 2012-12-17 16:01, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Switch elevator to use the new hashtable implementation. This reduces the
> amount of generic unrelated code in the elevator.
> 
> This also removes the dymanic allocation of the hash table. The size
> of the table is constant so there's no point in paying the price of an
> extra dereference when accessing it.
> 
> This patch depends on d9b482c ("hashtable: introduce a small and naive
> hashtable") which was merged in v3.6.

It's a convenient cleanup. I will queue it up for 3.9, it's too late for
3.8 at this point.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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