[PATCH v5 12/14] maple_tree: Sheaf conversion
Liam R. Howlett
Liam.Howlett at oracle.com
Thu Aug 28 07:27:43 PDT 2025
* Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb at google.com> [250826 22:07]:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett at oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> > * Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb at google.com> [250822 16:18]:
> > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka at suse.cz> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett at oracle.com>
> > > >
> > > > Use sheaves instead of bulk allocations. This should speed up the
> > > > allocations and the return path of unused allocations.
> > >
> > > Nice cleanup!
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Remove push/pop of nodes from maple state.
> > > > Remove unnecessary testing
> > > > ifdef out other testing that probably will be deleted
> > >
> > > Should we simply remove them if they are unused?
> >
> > Yes, I think it's time to drop them.
> >
> > >
> > > > Fix testcase for testing race
> > > > Move some testing around in the same commit.
> > >
> > > Would it be possible to separate test changes from kernel changes into
> > > another patch? Kernel part looks good to me but I don't know enough
> > > about these tests to vote on that.
> >
> > Yes. I'll do that.
> >
> > I'll drop testing first then the feature so that testing will continue
> > to pass on bisection.
> >
> > I will also stop moving tests around in this change.
I cannot easily change the tests without the corresponding code and keep
the tests passing.
I can limit the changes to what is necessary though. It looks like I've
moved some things around and I'll do that another time.
Thanks,
Liam
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