Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:30:53 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Generalize prio_tree (1/3) |
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Werner Almesberger wrote: > Hi Rajesh, > > perhaps you remember me posting a long time ago about generalizing > prio_tree. Now I finally got to make that patch. In fact, there are > three parts: > > - the prio_tree "core" in lib/ > - switching mm/prio_tree.c to use the "core" > - some debugging extensions > > The reason for wanting this generalization is that we'll also need > radix priority search trees for healthier barrier handling in the > IO scheduler (aka disk elevator). >
I'm curious, how do you plan to use them for healthier barrier handling?
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