linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/67] fscache: Implement a hash function

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiHm-rNkeLXcOt4oV_BMzC5DeZ5FYt+yjbA_GjN2wcd5w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:33:55 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
        Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>,
        JeffleXu <jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        "open list:NFS, SUNRPC, AND..." <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/67] fscache: Implement a hash function

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 6:41 AM David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> However, since the comparator functions are only used to see if they're the
> same or different, the attached change makes them return bool instead, no
> cast or subtraction required.

Ok, thanks, that resolves my worries.

Which is not to say it all works - I obviously only scanned the
patches rather than testing anything.

                Linus