linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] Optimize number of comparisons for heap/heapsort implementaion

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Message-Id: <20240121153649.2733274-1-visitorckw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:36:44 +0800
From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
To: colyli@...e.de,
	kent.overstreet@...ux.dev
Cc: bfoster@...hat.com,
	jserv@...s.ncku.edu.tw,
	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org,
	Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Optimize number of comparisons for heap/heapsort implementaion

Hello,

The existing implementations of heap/heapsort follow the conventional
textbook approach, where each heapify operation requires approximately
2*log2(n) comparisons. In this series, I introduce a bottom-up variant
that reduces the number of comparisons during heapify operations to
approximately log2(n), while maintaining the same number of swap
operations.

Thanks,
Kuan-Wei

Kuan-Wei Chiu (5):
  bcachefs: Optimize eytzinger0_sort() using bottom-up heapsort
  bcachefs: Introduce parent function for sort_cmp_size()
  bcachefs: Optimize sort_cmp_size() using bottom-up heapsort
  bcachefs: Optimize number of comparisons in heap_sift_down
  bcache: Optimize number of comparisons in heap_sift

 drivers/md/bcache/util.h |  23 +++++----
 fs/bcachefs/util.c       | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 fs/bcachefs/util.h       |  23 +++++----
 3 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

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