Re: [PATCH v8 21/23] maple_tree: Prefilled sheaf conversion and testing

["Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>]

* Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> [250929 03:30]:
> On 9/27/25 03:08, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
> >>
> >> Use prefilled sheaves instead of bulk allocations. This should speed up
> >> the allocations and the return path of unused allocations.
> >>
> >> Remove the push and pop of nodes from the maple state as this is now
> >> handled by the slab layer with sheaves.
> >>
> >> Testing has been removed as necessary since the features of the tree
> >> have been reduced.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> > 
> > Couple nits but otherwise looks great!
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> > 
> >> ---
> >>  include/linux/maple_tree.h       |   6 +-
> >>  lib/maple_tree.c                 | 326 ++++++---------------------
> >>  tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c | 461 ++-------------------------------------
> >>  tools/testing/shared/linux.c     |   5 +-
> >>  4 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 710 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/maple_tree.h b/include/linux/maple_tree.h
> >> index bafe143b1f783202e27b32567fffee4149e8e266..166fd67e00d882b1e6de1f80c1b590bba7497cd3 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/maple_tree.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/maple_tree.h
> >> @@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ struct ma_state {
> >>         struct maple_enode *node;       /* The node containing this entry */
> >>         unsigned long min;              /* The minimum index of this node - implied pivot min */
> >>         unsigned long max;              /* The maximum index of this node - implied pivot max */
> >> -       struct maple_alloc *alloc;      /* Allocated nodes for this operation */
> >> +       struct slab_sheaf *sheaf;       /* Allocated nodes for this operation */
> >> +       unsigned long node_request;
> > 
> > No comment for this poor fella?
> 
> adding: /* The number of nodes to allocate for this operation */
> 

Thanks.  That sounds better than my planned /* requested nodes */