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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation•org>
To: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind•com>
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org,
	davem@davemloft•net, ebiederm@xmission•com, adobriyan@gmail•com,
	rui.xiang@huawei•com, viro@zeniv•linux.org.uk, oleg@redhat•com,
	gorcunov@openvz•org, kirill.shutemov@linux•intel.com,
	grant.likely@secretlab•ca, tytso@mit•edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux v3 1/1] fs/proc: use a rb tree for the directory entries
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141015143745.6b00efce5bf8a302d2befca3@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1412672559-5256-2-git-send-email-nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>

On Tue,  7 Oct 2014 11:02:39 +0200 Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind•com> wrote:

> The current implementation for the directories in /proc is using a single
> linked list. This is slow when handling directories with large numbers of
> entries (eg netdevice-related entries when lots of tunnels are opened).
> 
> This patch replaces this linked list by a red-black tree.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/fs/proc/root.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/root.c
> @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  
> +	proc_root.subdir = RB_ROOT;
>  	proc_init_inodecache();
>  	err = register_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
>  	if (err)

This can be done at compile time can't it?

--- a/fs/proc/root.c~fs-proc-use-a-rb-tree-for-the-directory-entries-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	proc_root.subdir = RB_ROOT;
 	proc_init_inodecache();
 	err = register_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
 	if (err)
@@ -252,6 +251,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry proc_root = {
 	.proc_iops	= &proc_root_inode_operations, 
 	.proc_fops	= &proc_root_operations,
 	.parent		= &proc_root,
+	.subdir		= RB_ROOT,
 	.name		= "/proc",
 };
 
_

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-15 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-03 13:28 [PATCH net-next] dev: add support of flag IFF_NOPROC Nicolas Dichtel
2013-10-03 13:30 ` [PATCH iproute2 net-next-3.11] ip: add support of link " Nicolas Dichtel
2013-10-03 17:46 ` [PATCH net-next] dev: add support of " Stephen Hemminger
2013-10-03 19:09   ` David Miller
2013-10-04 12:07     ` Nicolas Dichtel
2013-10-04 17:29       ` David Miller
2014-10-02 15:24     ` [RFC PATCH linux 0/2] Optimize network interfaces creation Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-02 15:25       ` [RFC PATCH linux 1/2] proc_net: declare /proc/net as a directory Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-02 15:25       ` [RFC PATCH linux 2/2] fs/proc: use a hash table for the directory entries Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-02 16:46         ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-10-03 13:10           ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-02 17:28         ` Alexey Dobriyan
2014-10-03 13:07           ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-02 18:01         ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-10-02 20:06           ` Alexey Dobriyan
2014-10-02 21:07             ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-10-02 21:27               ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-10-03  7:28               ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-03 13:09           ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-06 14:30             ` [PATCH linux v2 0/1] Optimize network interfaces creation Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-06 14:30               ` [PATCH linux v2 1/1] fs/proc: use a rb tree for the directory entries Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-06 22:14                 ` David Miller
2014-10-07  9:02                   ` [PATCH linux v3 0/1] Optimize network interfaces creation Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-07  9:02                     ` [PATCH linux v3 1/1] fs/proc: use a rb tree for the directory entries Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-13 11:14                       ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-14 19:30                         ` David Miller
2014-10-14 19:56                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-10-15  9:02                           ` Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-15 21:37                       ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2014-10-03 10:55         ` [RFC PATCH linux 2/2] fs/proc: use a hash table " Alexey Dobriyan
2014-10-03 13:07           ` Nicolas Dichtel

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