Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH RFC v2 03/22] util/rbtree: add rbtree from linux kernel

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 29.08.2016 um 19:10 hat Pavel Butsykin geschrieben:
> Why don't we use rbtree from glib? We need  pointer to the parent node.
> For optimal implementation storing of cached chunks in the rbtree
> need to get next and previous nodes and content of parent node
> is very useful for effective implementation of these functions. In this
> implementation of rbtree (unlike rbtree of glib) the node contains a pointer
> to parent node.  Moreover, this rbtree allows more flexibility to
> work with an algorithm because to use rbtrees you'll have to implement
> your own insert and search cores. This will avoid us to use callbacks and
> to drop drammatically performances.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Butsykin <address@hidden>

General note (only having looked at the diffstat): We need to make sure
that new files that this series adds are covered by MAINTAINERS entries.

Kevin