linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] lib/htree: Add locking interface to new Hash Tree

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Message-ID: <2024080635-neglector-isotope-ea98@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 09:07:05 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: JaeJoon Jung <rgbi3307@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] lib/htree: Add locking interface to new Hash Tree

On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 07:01:09PM +0900, JaeJoon Jung wrote:
> Implementation of new Hash Tree [PATCH v2]
> ------------------------------------------
> Add spinlock.h and rcupdate.h in the include/linux/htree.h
> Add htree_root structue to interface locking.
> htree_root.ht_lock is spinlock_t to run spin_lock.
> htree_root.ht_first is __rcu type to access rcu API.
> Access the kernel standard API using macros.

Why?  What is going to use this?  What needs it?

> full source:
> ------------
> https://github.com/kernel-bz/htree.git
> 
> Manual(PDF):
> ------------
> https://github.com/kernel-bz/htree/blob/main/docs/htree-20240802.pdf

These obviously do not belong in a changelog text :(