linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 15/61] xarray: Add xa

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Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:34:06 +0100
From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 15/61] xarray: Add xa_load

Matthew,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 8:45 PM, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
>
> This first function in the XArray API brings with it a lot of support
> infrastructure.  The advanced API is based around the xa_state which is
> a more capable version of the radix_tree_iter.
>
> As the test-suite demonstrates, it is possible to use the xarray and
> radix tree APIs on the same data structure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>

<snip>


> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/xarray-test.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> +/*
> + * xarray-test.c: Test the XArray API
> + * Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> + * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
> + * more details.
> + */

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Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne