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From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>,
	linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] radix-tree: fix comment about "exceptional" bits
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:55:31 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1468997731-2155-1-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> (raw)

The bottom two bits of radix tree entries are reserved for special use by
the radix tree code itself.  A comment detailing their usage was added by:

commit 3bcadd6fa6c4 ("radix-tree: free up the bottom bit of exceptional
entries for reuse")

This comment states that if the bottom two bits are '11', this means that
this is a locked exceptional entry.

It turns out that this bit combination was never actually used.  Radix tree
locking for DAX was indeed implemented, but it actually used the third LSB:

  /* We use lowest available exceptional entry bit for locking */
  #define RADIX_DAX_ENTRY_LOCK (1 << RADIX_TREE_EXCEPTIONAL_SHIFT)

This locking code was also made specific to the DAX code instead of being
generally implemented in radix-tree.h.

So, fix the comment.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/radix-tree.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
index cb4b7e8..f0fb327 100644
--- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h
+++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * 00 - data pointer
  * 01 - internal entry
  * 10 - exceptional entry
- * 11 - locked exceptional entry
+ * 11 - this bit combination is currently unused/reserved
  *
  * The internal entry may be a pointer to the next level in the tree, a
  * sibling entry, or an indicator that the entry in this slot has been moved
-- 
2.7.4

             reply	other threads:[~2016-07-20  6:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-20  6:55 Ross Zwisler [this message]
2016-07-20 13:10 ` Johannes Thumshirn

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