On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 05:22:14PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 07:57:47PM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 04:56:57PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 10:54:06PM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote: > > > > Introduce a type-safe interface for min_heap by adding small macro > > > > wrappers around functions and using a 0-size array to store type > > > > information. This enables the use of __minheap_cast and > > > > __minheap_obj_size macros for type casting and obtaining element size. > > > > The implementation draws inspiration from generic-radix-tree.h, > > > > eliminating the need to pass element size in min_heap_callbacks. > > > > > > let's avoid the heap->heap.nr - darray (fs/bcachefs/darray.h) has a > > > trick for that. All heaps have the same memory layout, so we can just > > > cast to a void pointer heap to get something the C code can use. > > > > > If I understand correctly, you're suggesting adding APIs similar to > > darray_top(), darray_first(), and darray_last() within min_heap and > > having them return a pointer. However, some users are using heap.nr in > > conditional statements instead of utilizing heap.nr for memory > > operations, so returning pointers may not be as convenient. What about > > adding get and set functions for nr instead? > > No, I mean not having separate inner and outer types. Want me to sketch > something out? Based on your suggestion, I've come up with the following code snippet: #define MIN_HEAP_PREALLOCATED(_type, _name, _nr) \ struct _name { \ int nr; \ int size; \ _type *data; \ _type preallocated[_nr]; \ }; #define MIN_HEAP(_type, _name) MIN_HEAP_PREALLOCATED(_type, _name, 0) typdef MIN_HEAP(char, _) min_heap_char; static __always_inline void min_heap_init(min_heap_char *heap, void *data, int size) { heap->nr = 0; heap->size = size; heap->data = size <= ARRAY_SIZE(heap->preallocated) ? heap->preallocated : data; } But I'm not sure how to implement other inline functions like min_heap_push or min_heap_pop if I do that, unless they are rewritten using macros. Also, I'm not sure how to make the less and swp functions in the min_heap_callbacks not use void * type parameters. Or perhaps I misunderstood your meaning again. If you could sketch out your idea or have a better approach, it would be a great help to me. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Kuan-Wei