Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] rbtree: faster augmented rbtree manipulation

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 15:34 -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> +static void augment_propagate(struct rb_node *rb, struct rb_node *stop)
> +{
> +       while (rb != stop) {
> +               struct interval_tree_node *node =
> +                       rb_entry(rb, struct interval_tree_node, rb);
> +               unsigned long subtree_last = compute_subtree_last(node);
> +               if (node->__subtree_last == subtree_last)
> +                       break;
> +               node->__subtree_last = subtree_last;
> +               rb = rb_parent(&node->rb);
> +       }
> +}
> +
> +static void augment_copy(struct rb_node *rb_old, struct rb_node *rb_new)
> +{
> +       struct interval_tree_node *old =
> +               rb_entry(rb_old, struct interval_tree_node, rb);
> +       struct interval_tree_node *new =
> +               rb_entry(rb_new, struct interval_tree_node, rb);
> +
> +       new->__subtree_last = old->__subtree_last;
> +}
> +
> +static void augment_rotate(struct rb_node *rb_old, struct rb_node *rb_new)
> +{
> +       struct interval_tree_node *old =
> +               rb_entry(rb_old, struct interval_tree_node, rb);
> +       struct interval_tree_node *new =
> +               rb_entry(rb_new, struct interval_tree_node, rb);
> +
> +       new->__subtree_last = old->__subtree_last;
> +       old->__subtree_last = compute_subtree_last(old);
> +} 

I still don't get why we need the 3 callbacks when both propagate and
rotate are simple variants of the original callback
(compute_subtree_last, in this instance).

Why would every user need to replicate the propagate and rotate
boilerplate?
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