Re: [RFC] parallel directory operations

Alex Tomas (bzzz@tmi.comex.ru)
Tue, 08 Jul 2003 16:17:47 +0000


>>>>> Andi Kleen (AK) writes:

AK> On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 15:50:27 +0000
AK> bzzz@tmi.comex.ru wrote:

>> well, it makes sense. AFAIU, only problem with this solution is that we need
>> very well-tuned hash function.

AK> A small rbtree or similar would work too. Linux already has the utility code for this.
AK> And a fast path to avoid the overhead when it isn't needed (e.g. first locker uses a
AK> preallocated lock node, which is cheap to queue)

hmm. interesting! thanks for review.

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