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author | Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> | 2010-10-28 11:16:44 -0400 |
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committer | Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> | 2010-11-02 19:20:23 +0000 |
commit | b647c35f77af9c07d336247b23014596e9f0a593 (patch) | |
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cifs: convert tlink_tree to a rbtree
Radix trees are ideal when you want to track a bunch of pointers and
can't embed a tracking structure within the target of those pointers.
The tradeoff is an increase in memory, particularly if the tree is
sparse.
In CIFS, we use the tlink_tree to track tcon_link structs. A tcon_link
can never be in more than one tlink_tree, so there's no impediment to
using a rb_tree here instead of a radix tree.
Convert the new multiuser mount code to use a rb_tree instead. This
should reduce the memory required to manage the tlink_tree.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
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