linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] rbtree: Cache leftmost node internally

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Date:   Sat, 15 Jul 2017 03:54:33 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        mhocko@...e.com, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] rbtree: Cache leftmost node internally

Is the leftmost node so much more special than the rightmost one?

Just asking because I have some code that caches both of them, but
using your helpers would make it look very asymmetric..