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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] bcachefs: Introduce parent function for sort_cmp_size()
On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 01:05:28AM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 11:17:30AM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 11:36:46PM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > > When dealing with array indices, the parent's index can be obtained
> > > using the formula (i - 1) / 2. However, when working with byte offsets,
> > > this approach is not straightforward. To address this, we have
> > > introduced a branch-free parent function that does not require any
> > > division operations to calculate the parent's byte offset.
> >
> > This is a good commit message - but it would be even better if it was a
> > function comment on parent()
> >
> Sure, however, it seems that sort_cmp_size() can be directly replaced
> with the sort function from include/linux. Once we decide on the
> cleanup tasks, if we still choose to retain this patch, I will make the
> adjustments.

nice catch - looks like sort_r() is the more recent addition, so that's
how that happened.

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