linux-kernel - Re: Question:Bsearch replace the search

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:21:27 +0530
From:	anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>,
	linux-kernel-mail <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Question:Bsearch replace the search_extable implementations

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com> writes:
>> Hello Rusty,
>>
>> Right now I see so many places in the kernel
>> where we open code binary search implementations
>> such as search_extable implementations.
>>
>> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?a=powerpc;i=search_extable
>>
>> Would it be ok to replace this with bsearch lib code?
>>
>> I am not trying to fix any problem nor I see
>> any problem in current implementations but
>> if we can replace the large amount of code
>> would it not be a good reason to send a patch
>> for this?
>
> It should be fine, yes.
great.Will be sending patch for this soon.
>
> Thanks!
> Rusty.
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