From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx176.postini.com [74.125.245.176]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1543A6B002C for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:38:30 -0500 (EST) Received: by pbcwz17 with SMTP id wz17so356211pbc.14 for ; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:38:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20120207074905.29797.60353.stgit@zurg> References: <20120207074905.29797.60353.stgit@zurg> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:38:09 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] radix-tree: iterating general cleanup Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Konstantin Khlebnikov Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , Hugh Dickins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote: > This patchset implements common radix-tree iteration routine and > reworks page-cache lookup functions with using it. So what's the advantage? Both the line counts and the bloat-o-meter seems to imply this is all just bad. I assume there is some upside to it, but you really don't make that obvious, so why should anybody ever waste even a second of time looking at this? Linus -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org