Re: [PATCH] add b+tree library

From: JÃrn Engel
Date: Sat Jan 10 2009 - 13:41:18 EST


On Sat, 10 January 2009 21:29:04 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >
> > Joern is going to use it for logfs, that's the point. Not sure about
> > other filesystems.
>
> Why can't you investigate other filesystem?
> if this library is used by only one fs, why does this library routine
> need to linux/lib/ directory?

Because it is not used for on-disk data structures. It is an
alternative to radix trees, rbtrees, hash tables or linked lists.

JÃrn

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