linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] rust: add radix tree abstraction

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Date:   Fri, 5 May 2023 08:33:39 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@....com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        "lsf-pc@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <lsf-pc@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org" <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] rust: add radix tree abstraction

On 5/4/23 23:09, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 06:28:04AM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> But the radix tree API is simply a different (and worse) API to the
>> exact same data structure as the XArray.  Using the XArray instead of
>> the radix tree is still an apples-to-apples comparison.
> And if he wants to do a 1:1 comparism, just convert null_blk to
> xarray, which would actually be more useful work than this whole
> thread..

please don't submit patches in this area as I'm already working that waiting
for few things to go upstream first, got busy with testing and bug fixing
memleaks for next pull request ..

-ck