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| author | Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com> | 2020-07-24 13:02:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com> | 2020-07-24 13:03:43 -0400 |
| commit | f154ced8aeb1c3f03a462281a5e234cd44b1b64b (patch) | |
| tree | 4a2a6dfb050aa1683eff45e73e382924d0f75784 /Documentation/core-api | |
| parent | e19d24f64807b157c7d020c1e44e26d4a0d312ee (diff) | |
Maple Tree: Add new data structure
The Maple Tree is a new data structure optimised for storing
ranges.
Signed-off-by: Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/core-api')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/maple-tree.rst | 36 |
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst index 15ab86112627..c20558e76653 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Library functionality that is used throughout the kernel. rbtree generic-radix-tree packing + maple-tree timekeeping errseq diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/maple-tree.rst b/Documentation/core-api/maple-tree.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6d71d4b1f145 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/core-api/maple-tree.rst @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + + +========== +Maple Tree +========== + +:Author: Liam R. Howlett + +Overview +======== + +The Maple Tree is an RCU safe Range tree based on the B-Tree. + +Normal API +========== + +Allocating Nodes +---------------- + +Locking +------- + +Advanced API +============ + + +Internal Entries +---------------- + +Functions and structures +======================== + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/maple_tree.c +.. kernel-doc:: lib/maple_tree.c + |